Figures index : Alteration of Basal Blood Glucose Level and Microbiota Metabolic Parameters in Rats Fed with Brown Rice and Herbal Extracts : Science and Education Publishing

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Journal of Food and Nutrition Research. 2019, 7(2), 162-170 doi:10.12691/jfnr-7-2-9

Figure 1. Research design and feeding scheme. Five groups of rats were established with K as control; BM is group fed with brown rice; BMJ is group fed with brown rice and C. cyminum extract; BML is group fed with brown rice and A. galanga extract; BMK is group fed with brown rice and extract of both C. cyminum and A. galanga

Figure 2. Average body weight of different groups of rats. Blue bar indicates the average initial weight (day 0), red bar indicates average final weight (day 21), and green bar indicates the average weight gain. Treatment groups coding are indicated as previously described.

Figure 3. Average blood glucose level of rat in all treatment groups. Blue bar indicates the average of initial level of blood glucose, whereas orange bar indicates the average of final level of blood glucose in each of the groups.

Figure 5. Average substrate degradation activity by gut microbiota in rat intestine

Figure 6. Principle Coordinates Analysis plot. Principle Coordinates Analysis (PCoA) based on dissimilarities of microbial communities found in the five different diets (numbered as control standard feed [1]; supplemented with brown rice [2]; supplemented with brown rice + Cuminum cyminum [3]; supplemented with brown rice + Alpinia galanga [4]; and supplemented with brown rice + C. cyminum + A. galangal [5]

Figure 7. Alpha diversity measures for five diet types. Control diets constituting only standard feeds [1], significantly differs from all other type of diets (supplemented with brown rice [2]; brown rice + Cuminum cyminum [3]; brown rice + Alpinia galanga [4]; and brown rice + C. cyminum + A. galanga [5]) according to all of diversity measures

Figure 8. Venn diagram of OTUs per sample. This illustrate the relationship between and among sets, groups of samples with their own unique OTUs and those that share OTUs in common. Number on the outside of the Venn diagram indicate different dietary supplements as follow: standard feed [1]; supplemented with brown rice [2]; brown rice + Cuminum cyminum [3]; brown rice + Alpinia galanga [4]; and brown rice + C. cyminum + A. galanga [5].

Figure 9. Heatmap of phyla in different dietary supplements. Relative abundances of phyla is illustrated using different shades of color for each type of diets. The higher the values, the darker the represented color. Phylogeny relatedness of phyla is shown in the top clustering, whereas similarity between samples are on left clustering. Hierarchical clustering of samples was done with pearson correlation and average linkage algorithm. Dietary supplements are as follow: standard feed (1); supplemented with brown rice (2); brown rice + Cuminum cyminum (3); brown rice + Alpinia galanga (4); and brown rice + C. cyminum + A. galanga (5).