| C | Corn starch diet-fed rats |
| CGD | Corn starch diet-fed rats supplemented with Garcinia dulcis rind powder |
| F/B | Ratio of Firmicutes/Bacteriodetes |
| H | High-carbohydrate, high-fat diet-fed rats |
| HGD | High-carbohydrate, high-fat diet-fed rats supplemented with Garcinia dulcis rind powder |
| GLM | Generalised linear model |
| HPLC | High-performance liquid chromatography |
| MGLM | Multivariate generalised linear model |
| nMDS | Non-metric, multi-dimensional scaling |
| PERMANOVA | Permutational multivariate analysis of variance |
| SEM | Standard error of the mean |
| TMAO | Trimethylamine N-oxide |
| USP | United States Pharmacopeia |
| zOTU | Zero-radius operational taxonomic unit |