The aim of this research is to investigate lipid-lowering influence of dietary ginger () polysaccharides (GP) on hyperlipidemia rats. Rat models with hyperlipidemia was established by high-fat food diet (HFD). Comparing to GP-negative model group, GP attenuated several effects of HFD feeding, including the levels of blood lipid biochemistry, serum inflammatory markers (tumor necrosis factor TNF-a, interleukin IL-6), antioxidant capacity (superoxide dismutase SOD, glutathione peroxidase GSH-Px, total antioxidant capacity T-AOC, propylene dialdehyde MDA), uric acid and immune index. 16 S rDNA gene sequencing of fecal samples showed that GP increased the growth of and decreased the proportion of to ; This changes in microbial community structure can help prevent diet-induced metabolic disease. These results suggest that GPs may act on the gut, changing the structure of the gut microbial community, thereby reducing intestinal and systemic inflammation, thus improved metabolic outcomes.
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