| PR | Puerariae Radix |
| fPR | Fermented Puerariae Radix |
| HFD | High-fat diet |
| XEN | Orlistat |
| MCP1 | Monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 |
| IL-6 | Interleukin 6 |
| PEPCK | Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase |
| PGC1α | Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-alpha |
| TNFα | tumor necrosis factor-α |
| PPAR γ | Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma |
| AKT | Protein kinase B |
| OGTT | Oral glucose tolerance test |
| B.breve | Bifidobacterium breve |
| GAPDH | Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphatase dehydrogenase |
| AUC | Area under the curve |
| PCoA | principal coordinated analysis |
| LEfSe | linear discriminant analysis effect size |