Table 4 Activity of bacterial α-arabinopyranosidase, α-arabinofuranosidase, β-xylosidase, β-cellobiosidase and N-acetyl-β-D-glucosaminidase [μmol/h/g digesta] in the cecal digesta of rabbits (mean ± SEM¹)

2.06 ± 0.179^ab

2.43 ± 0.444^a

1.21 ± 0.241^b

0.021

0.413 ± 0.166^b

0.692 ± 0.147^ab

1.06 ± 0.191^a

0.025

2.47 ± 0.262

3.12 ± 0.577

2.27 ± 0.397

0.229

85.6 ± 4.508^a

79.0 ± 2.666^a

53.6 ± 4.730^b

< 0.001

2.40 ± 0.306^a

2.55 ± 0.466^a

1.27 ± 0.253^b

0.032

0.281 ± 0.117^b

1.20 ± 0.172^a

1.11 ± 0.247^a

0.005

2.68 ± 0.345

3.75 ± 0.521

2.37 ± 0.444

0.064

90.4 ± 3.474^a

65.5 ± 4.946^b

55.6 ± 6.836^b

< 0.001

2.83 ± 0.629

2.97 ± 0.542

1.48 ± 0.294

0.079

0.541 ± 0.161^b

1.75 ± 0.394^a

1.52 ± 0.348^ab

0.025

3.38 ± 0.780

4.72 ± 0.736

3.00 ± 0.513

0.131

83.0 ± 2.713^a

64.5 ± 5.663^b

52.4 ± 7.775^b

0.002

1.90 ± 0.237^ab

2.09 ± 0.350^a

1.07 ± 0.185^b

0.025

0.476 ± 0.142^b

1.54 ± 0.346^a

1.34 ± 0.306^ab

0.024

2.03 ± 0.238

2.72 ± 0.378

1.72 ± 0.332

0.062

93.3 ± 1.390^a

74.2 ± 3.721^b

65.2 ± 4.862^b

< 0.001

3.13 ± 0.560^c

5.30 ± 0.399^b

7.04 ± 0.513^a

< 0.001

4.36 ± 0.474

4.78 ± 0.594

4.02 ± 0.498

0.378

7.48 ± 0.969^b

10.1 ± 0.902^ab

11.1 ± 0.691^a

0.016

40.2 ± 2.541^c

53.2 ± 2.211^b

64.1 ± 3.174^a

< 0.001