Research Article

Novel Organic Mineral Complex Prevents High-Fat Diet-Induced Changes in the Gut and Liver of Male Sprague-Dawley Rats

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Effects of high-dose OMC on taxa abundance in rats fed HFD for 10 weeks. (a) Linear discriminate analysis of effect size (LEfSe) results depicting different microbial taxonomic signatures in fecal samples collected from male Sprague-Dawley rats fed a 10-week HFD (n = 5-6/group) in comparison to HFD-fed rats treated with 3.0 mg/mL OMC for 10 weeks. No other differences were detected. (b) Cladogram depicting differentially abundant microbial taxa in stool samples collected from male Sprague-Dawley rats fed an HFD (n = 5-6/group) for 10 weeks. Microbial taxa enriched in HFD rats are shown in red.