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Table 1 Experimental treatments

From: Encapsulation of Polygonum bistorta root phenolic compounds as a novel phytobiotic and its protective effects in the mouse model of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli infection

Treatments

Diets

Infection

Sampling

T1

Normal diet

-

Day 28

T2

Normal diet

Infected on Day 21 through oral gavage

(108 CFU of E. coli O157: H7)

T3

A normal diet supplemented with microcapsules (150 mg total phenolic compoundsa (GA eq.) /Kg BW)

T4

A normal diet supplemented with microcapsules (300 mg total phenolic compoundsaa (GA eq.) /Kg BW)

T5

Normal diet + 5 mg/kg of oxytetracycline as reference antibiotic/Kg BW

  1. aThe total phenolic compounds in the microcapsules were determined using folin-ciocalteu method as described in the methods section