Research Article

Time-, Sex-, and Dose-Dependent Alterations of the Gut Microbiota by Consumption of Dietary Daikenchuto (TU-100)

Table 1

Phyla with more than 1.0% of population at week 24 with/without 1.5% TU-100.

PhylumGroup 1Group 2Group 3 value
(%)(%)(%)(group 1 versus group 2)

Female samples
Bacteroidetes28.95 ± 6.6649.13 ± 10.1342.02 ± 14.770.0012
Deferribacteres3.30 ± 1.553.08 ± 5.940.67 ± 0.68ns
Firmicutes46.23 ± 6.9137.37 ± 10.4945.78 ± 14.46ns
Proteobacteria20.13 ± 3.678.89 ± 3.0210.64 ± 2.510.0003

Male samples
Actinobacteria0.15 ± 0.051.74 ± 1.401.46 ± 2.330.0006
Bacteroidetes40.39 ± 7.8936.53 ± 11.1538.03 ± 9.11ns
Deferribacteres2.23 ± 2.873.43 ± 4.271.62 ± 1.75ns
Firmicutes40.99 ± 10.4441.92 ± 3.6439.95 ± 7.48ns
Proteobacteria14.77 ± 6.1914.97 ± 9.1017.73 ± 8.29ns

–Whitney U test.