Gut Microbiota-Related Effects of Tanhuo Decoction in Acute Ischemic Stroke

Figure 6

Change of genera shifting differently between two treatment groups and comparisons on LPS- and SCFA-producing bacteria among different sample groups. (A1, A2) Change of genera that shifted differently between two treatment groups ( value ≤ 0.05). (A1) Genera, with relative abundance more than 1% either pretreatment or after treatment and shifted differently between two treatment groups. (A2) Genera, with relative abundance more than 1% either pretreatment or after treatment and shifted differently between two treatment groups. (b) Comparisons on LPS- and SCFA-producing bacteria among AIS groups and health group. The abundance sums of LPS-producing bacteria, acetate-producing bacteria, and propionate-producing bacteria in the post-THD group were closer to those of health group. The abundance sum of butyrate-producing bacteria was slightly increased in the post-THD group, while it was decreased to some extent in the postcontrol group. , , and . Precontrol: pretreatment samples in control group; Postcontrol: posttreatment samples in control group; Pre-THD: pretreatment samples in THD group; Post-THD, posttreatment samples in THD group. Precontrol and pre-THD were distinguished by dark grey and light grey in the figure.

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