Table 3

	Height of villi (mm)		Height of enterocytes	GALT^a
Group	Duodenum/Jejunum	Ileum^a	Duodenum/Jejunum^b	No. follicles^c	No. caliciform cells^d
ICC	0.63 ± 0.05	0.28 ± 0.05	3.0 ± 0.0	73e	11
ICT	0.73 ± 0.04	0.24 ± 0.05	3.0 ± 0.0	55e	11
ISC	0.64 ± 0.50	0.20 ± 0.01	2.5 ± 0.5	38	0
IST	0.63 ± 0.05	0.22 ± 0.04	2.6 ± 0.5	25	2

^adIC and IS are significantly different at significant at P value of <0.001
^bIC and IS are significantly different at significant at P value of <0.05
^cIC and IS are significantly different at significant at P value of <0.01
^eICC and ICT are significantly different at P value of <0.05

Table 3: Histopathological results obtained in acute ingestion study of strain B. longum CECT 7347 in mice. Data are the means ± standard deviations of the means (n=8).