TABLE 3.

Effects of YZM on overall structural modulation of gut microbiota.

	Control	Model	SASP	YZM_L	YZM_H
Observed OTUs	624.50 ± 103.27	505.17 ± 141.76	424.00 ± 142.15	569.83 ± 160.10	609.80 ± 73.15
Shannon	6.77 ± 0.59	6.42 ± 0.32	5.61 ± 0.28*	6.39 ± 0.76	6.59 ± 0.27
Simpson	0.97 ± 0.01	0.96 ± 0.01	0.94 ± 0.01**	0.96 ± 0.02	0.97 ± 0.01
Chao1	632.96 ± 105.22	509.10 ± 145.26	428.15 ± 145.07	572.49 ± 159.29	612.96 ± 74.63

* Indicates significant difference (**p < 0.01 vs. model, *p < 0.05 vs. model).