Subject area	Gastrointestinal inflammation
More specific subject area	Colitis, gut inflammation, intestinal microbiome, biological signature
Type of data	Figures
How data was acquired	LC/TOF-MS and GC/TOF-MS
Data format	Analyzed
Experimental factors	Ginsenoside compound K was determined in mouse fecal samples with or without metronidazole treatment. Fecal metabolomic profiles of DSS mice and ginseng treated DSS mice were investigated.
Experimental features	Metabolomic fecal profiling from DSS model group and ginseng treated group
Data source location	Data was collected at University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Data accessibility	Data is provided within this article
Related research article	C.Z. Wang, H. Yao, C.F. Zhang, L. Chen, J.Y. Wan, W.H. Huang, et al., American ginseng microbial metabolites attenuate DSS-induced colitis and abdominal pain, Int. Immunopharmacol. 64 (2018) 246–251.[1](DOI:10.1016/j.intimp.2018.09.005)