Table 1. Effects of prune-fermented drink (PF) on body weight, water consumption and food intake in loperamide-induced constipation rats

	N¹⁾	C	PB	PBF	PFL	PFH
Body weight (g)
Initial	218.00±9.22^2)a3)	217.48±9.81^a	217.89±7.44^a	217.75±6.92^a	217.66±5.23^a	218.68±4.08^a
Final	312.80±20.64^a	301.13±11.96^a	298.86±21.54^a	294.55±7.54^a	292.79±14.43^a	294.95±12.26^a
Water consumption (mL/day)	40.58±13.53^a	36.75±10.82^a	35.42±12.02^a	34.17±13.41^a	33.38±12.58^a	34.00±15.22^a
Food intake (g/day)	31.98±11.15^a	31.25±11.25^a	30.64±11.83^a	29.84±11.33^a	30.10±11.14^a	30.42±11.62^a

N, non-treated control; C, loperamide-treated control; PB, loperamide + prune and banana extract mixture; PBF, loperamide + prune and banana extract fermented mixture; PFL, loperamide + prune-fermented drink low; PFL, loperamide + prune-fermented drink high.
All values are mean±SD (n=6).
Means with different superscript letters in the same row are significantly different at p<0.05 by Duncan’s multiple range test (a>b).