Fig. 7

GP alters microbiome composition in HFD-fed rats. Microbiome composition in fecal specimens from chow-fed and HFD rats administered GP or not were assessed by next generation sequencing (n = 5/group). a PCA plots for various groups. b Shannon indexes. c Taxonomic profiles at the phylum level of gut bacteria in various groups. d Heat map reflecting the abundance levels of 35 OTUs representing the bacterial taxa significantly affected by GP in HFD-fed rats. Red and blue colors indicate OTU level increase and decrease, respectively, in different groups