| IM | Intestinal Microbiota |
| NCD | Non-Communicable Disease |
| OA | Organic Acid |
| PBS | Phosphate-Buffered Saline |
| FOS | Fructooligosaccharides |
| TSB | Tryptone Soya Broth |
| RPS | Reduced Physiological Salt Solution |
| SSF | Simulated Salivary Fluid |
| SGF | Simulated Gastric Fluid |
| SIF | Simulated Intestinal Fluid |
| OA(s) | Organic Acid (s) |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| RNA | Ribonucleic Acid |
| UPLC-qTOF-MS/MS | Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography Coupled to Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Tandem Mass Spectrometry |
| ESI | Electrospray Ionisation |
| DAD | Diode-Array Detector |
| RA | Relative Abundance |
| α-diversity/β-diversity | Alpha and Beta Diversity |