Figure 2

Effect of vancomycin treatment for seven days on body weight, food-intake, Gastrointestinal transit time and intestinal morphology. (a) Change in body weight. (b) Representative appearance of the cecum in the experimental mice treated with vancomycin. Length of (c) small intestine and (d) colon. (e) Weight of cecum. (f) Change in food-intake. (g) Gastrointestinal transit time. Results are expressed as the mean ± SE (n = 5 in each group). Significantly greater than control at the same time point: *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01. NS, not significant.