| 16S rRNA | 16S ribosomal RNA |
| ECM | Extracellular matrix |
| NAFLD | Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease |
| CCl4 | Carbon Tetrachloride |
| QC | Quality control |
| UPLC | Ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography |
| LC | Liquid Chromatography |
| PCA | Principal component analysis |
| OPLS-DA | Orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis |
| KEGG | Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes |
| ANOSIM | Analysis of similarities |
| GLA | Gamma-linolenic acid |
| ALA | Alpha-linolenic acid |