| ADPN | Adiponectin |
| ANOVA | Analysis of variance |
| AUC | Area under the curve |
| CAT | Catalase |
| CAZymes | Carbohydrate-active enzymes |
| COSY | Correlation spectroscopy |
| DB | Degree of branching |
| DM | Degree of methyl-esterification |
| DMSO | Dimethyl sulfoxide |
| DTP | Dancong tea polysaccharide |
| eWAT | Epididymal white adipose tissue |
| F/B | Firmicutes/Bacteroidota ratio |
| FBG | Fasting blood glucose |
| FINS | Fasting insulin |
| GalA | Galacturonic acid |
| GC-MS | Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry |
| GSH-Px | Glutathione peroxidase |
| HDL-C | High-density lipoprotein cholesterol |
| HFD | High-fat diet |
| HG | Homogalacturonan |
| HOMA-IR | Homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance |
| HPAEC-PAD | High-performance anion exchange chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection |
| HPGPC | High-performance gel permeation chromatography |
| HSQC | Heteronuclear single quantum coherence |
| iBAT | Interscapular brown adipose tissue |
| IL | Interleukin |
| iWAT | Inguinal white adipose tissue |
| LDA | Linear discriminant analysis |
| LDL-C | Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol |
| LEfSe | Linear discriminant analysis effect size |
| LEP | Leptin |
| LPS | Lipopolysaccharide |
| MDA | Malondialdehyde |
| MWCO | Molecular weight cutoff |
| NAFLD | Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease |
| NMDS | Non-metric multidimensional scaling |
| NMR | Nuclear magnetic resonance |
| OGTT | Oral glucose tolerance test |
| PCoA | Principal coordinates analysis |
| PMAA | Partially methylated alditol acetate |
| PULs | Polysaccharide utilization loci |
| RG-I | Rhamnogalacturonan-I |
| SEM | Standard error of the mean |
| SOD | Superoxide dismutase |
| sWAT | Subcutaneous white adipose tissue |
| T2DM | Type 2 diabetes mellitus |
| TC | Total cholesterol |
| TFA | Trifluoroacetic acid |
| TG | Triglycerides |
| TNF-α | Tumor necrosis factor-α |
| TOCSY | Total correlation spectroscopy |