Reduced species diversity and altered intestinal flora abundance were observed in NAFLD
NAFLD
We randomly selected 11 patients, each from the control group and SLF group, and stool specimens were collected from these patients before and after treatment and sent for examination. A total of 53 stool samples (44 NAFLD and 9 HC) were detected utilizing 16S rRNA gene sequencing to analyze the changes of intestinal flora for the mechanism of the potential therapeutic effect of NAFLD by SLF. Alpha diversity was used to observe the diversity of the flora between the HC and NAFLD. We found that there were significant differences in chao1 (Reduced species diversity and altered intestinal flora abundance were observed in NAFLD. We then compared the abundance percentages of HC and NAFLD groups at the phylum to genus levels, and found that there were varying degrees of alterations in each level (Altered intestinal flora abundance at genus level was observed in NAFLD. At the genus level, the levels of 