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. 2022 Jan 27;17(1):e0262906. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262906

Table 1. Changes in urinary metabolites before and after LEX ingestion; showing only those with significant differences.

Category Component Mean (Standard deviation) p-value after FDR adjustment
mmol/mol Creatinine
PRE POST
Yeast and Fungi 3-Oxoglutaric acid 0.06 (0.05) 0.00 (0.01) 0.029
Tartaric acid 0.32 (0.18) 0.07 (0.10) 0.049
Arabinose 48.25 (17.17) 17.00 (5.21) 0.016
Tricarballylic acid 0.11 (0.08) 0.02 (0.05) 0.024
Bacteria 2-Hydroxyphenylacetic acid 0.33 (0.12) 0.23 (0.18) 0.037
4-Hydroxyhippuric acid 6.79 (3.31) 1.94 (1.15) 0.044
Clostridia 4-Cresol 8.75 (7.37) 2.76 (3.22) 0.027
TCA Cycle 2-Oxoglutaric acid 9.30 (5.03) 5.68 (4.81) 0.005
Aconitic acid 9.78 (1.35) 3.15 (2.10) 0.005
Mitochondrial Amino Acid 3-Methylglutaric acid 0.59 (0.31) 0.21 (0.15) 0.023
3-Hydroxyglutaric acid 7.59 (4.65) 2.09 (1.62) 0.029
3-Methylglutaconic acid 1.15 (0.38) 0.73 (0.42) 0.011
Neurotransmitter Homovanillic acid 1.95 (0.43) 0.81 (0.28) 0.006
Vanillylmandelic acid 1.41 (0.17) 0.75 (0.36) 0.006
Quinolinic acid 1.58 (0.33) 0.58 (0.28) <0.001
Kynurenic acid 1.18 (0.25) 0.39 (0.25) <0.001
Pyrimidine Thymine 0.18 (0.05) 0.09 (0.07) 0.049
Ketone and Fatty Acid Oxidation Methylsuccinic acid 1.13 (0.28) 0.50(0.23) 0.004
Vitamin Pantothenic acid 1.51 (0.53) 0.49 (0.32) 0.012
3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaric acid 11.13 (2.54) 4.91 (2.30) 0.011
Methylcitric acid 0.57 (0.18) 0.21 (0.10) 0.011
Detoxification Pyroglutamic acid 21.25 (3.01) 13.14 (4.07) 0.011
Orotic acid 0.31 (0.16) 0.14 (0.12) 0.024
2-Hydroxyhippuric acid 0.78 (0.68) 0.21 (0.31) 0.044
Amino Acid Phenylpyruvic acid 0.85 (0.25) 0.50 (0.43) 0.037
4-Hydroxyphenyllactic acid 0.22 (0.08) 0.06 (0.03) 0.011
Mineral Phosphoric acid 3.58 (0.84) *1 2.67 (1.01) *1 0.039

*1: mol/mol Creatinine