Protective Role of a New Polysaccharide Extracted from Lonicera japonica Thunb in Mice with Ulcerative Colitis Induced by Dextran Sulphate Sodium

Table 2

Effect of LJP on the CFUs of the cecum in UC mice induced by DSS (log CFU g^-1).

Groups	Bifidobacterium	Lactobacillus	Escherichia coli	Enterococcus
Control	^a	^a	^c	^c
UC	^d	^d	^a	^a
LJP-L	^cd	^c	^ab	^ab
LJP-M	^bc	^bc	^b	^bc
LJP-H	^ab	^ab	^bc	^c

Results are . Statistical significance was determined by one-way analysis (ANOVA). Lowercase letters (a, b, c, and d) versus the control groups. Different lowercase letters in the same column within the same sample express the significant differences ().