Synbiotic effects on gut microbial metabolic activity
Next, we investigated the metabolome as a functional readout of gut microbial metabolic activity (Fig. Metabolites derived from microbial fermentation of phenylalanine and pectins were increased in the synbiotic group. Analysis of the 193 samples (Fig. The decrease in unsaturated fatty acids is age-related. Box plots presenting mono- and polyunsaturated acids in the prebiotic (blue) and synbiotic (orange) groups using a mixed-effects model, 