Table 1.

Effect of SC-LCBs on secondary metabolite of gut microbiota in HFD-induced obese mice ⁱ.

Parameters	Control	HFD	SC-LCBs
Serum LPS (IU/mL)	0.83 ± 0.07	3.50 ± 0.45 ##	2.26 ± 0.32 *
Fecal LPS (µg/g feces)	5.04 ± 0.70	11.3 ± 0.9 ##	8.53 ± 0.77 **
Fecal acetate (mmol/L)	16.8 ± 1.6	7.49 ± 0.82 ##	12.5 ± 1.2 **
Fecal propionate (mmol/L)	6.38 ± 0.67	3.50 ± 0.44 ##	5.07 ± 0.55 *
Fecal butyrate (mmol/L)	1.46 ± 0.11	0.68 ± 0.04 ##	1.33 ± 0.14 **

ⁱ: Data are presented as mean ± S.D (n = 10). Multiple comparisons were done using one way ANOVA. ^## p < 0.01 versus control; ^* p < 0.05, ^** p < 0.01 versus HFD.