Table 1.

Effects of OTA and AST on the α-diversity of cecum flora and pH value of cecum content. n = 5 mice/group.

Item	Control	OTA	AST	OTA+AST
Chao1	2368.01 ± 225.01	1831.76 ± 421.86∗	2211.56 ± 179.78	2204.39 ± 29.76
ACE	2219.26 ± 96.27	1710.98 ± 392.79∗	2280.93 ± 220.07	2278.3 ± 76.61#
Shannon	7.81 ± 0.16	6.45 ± 1.12	7.78 ± 0.39	7.51 ± 0.09
pH value	7.37 ± 0.12	6.56 ± 0.28∗∗	7.41 ± 0.06	7.42 ± 0.17##

Note: data has been presented as the mean ± S.D. In comparison with the control group, ^∗P < 0.05 and ^∗∗P < 0.01 and OTA group; ^#P < 0.05, ^##P < 0.01 were considered to be statistically significant.