Effects of Qingluo Tongbi Decoction on Gut Flora of Rats with Adjuvant-Induced Arthritis and the Underlying Mechanism

Table 1

Influence of QLT treatment on the alpha diversity among the three groups.

	Control (n = 10)	Model (n = 10)	Treatment (n = 10)
Sobs	554.2 ± 22.6	556.7 ± 18.2	539.8 ± 54.3	0.076 (0.940)	0.317 (0.751)	0.423 (0.672)
Shannon	4.645 ± 0.101	4.698 ± 0.130	4.471 ± 0.295	1.134 (0.257)	1.268 (0.205)	1.972 (0.049)
Simpson	0.024 ± 0.004	0.021 ± 0.005	0.031 ± 0.016	1.663 (0.096)	0.423 (0.673)	1.901 (0.057)
Ace	616.3 ± 22.6	618.0 ± 16.9	600.1 ± 62.6	0.000 (1.000)	0.282 (0.778)	0.493 (0.622)
Chao	623.2 ± 24.4	627.7 ± 19.8	609.9 ± 66.1	0.000 (1.000)	0.141 (0.888)	0.352 (0.725)

^aControl vs model; ^bcontrol vs treatment; ^cmodel vs treatment.