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Fig. 7 | BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Fig. 7

From: Prebiotic effects of diet supplemented with the cultivated red seaweed Chondrus crispus or with fructo-oligo-saccharide on host immunity, colonic microbiota and gut microbial metabolites

Fig. 7

Effect of diets on the histology of rat proximal colon. Shown were changes in the depth of colonic crypt (a) mucosa (b) externa muscularis (c) and total wall (d). BF = basal feed; C2.5 = C. crispus 2.5 %; C0.5 = C. crispus 0.5 %; F2.5 = FOS Inulin 2.5 %; F0.5 = FOS Inulin 0.5 %. Data are presented as the mean ± SD. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01 (versus BF)

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