Dietary garcinol supplementation improves diarrhea and intestinal barrier function associated with its modulation of gut microbiota in weaned piglets

Table 10 Effect of garcinol on bacterial community alpha diversity in weaned piglet colon

Items	Control group	The level of garcinol, mg/kg			SEM
Items	Control group	200	400	600	SEM
Richness index
Chao	361.50^a	350.97^a	770.00^b	712.51^b	53.85
Ace	364.51^a	357.41^a	772.20^b	713.90^b	53.71
Diversity index
Shannon	1.74^a	1.97^a	6.92^b	6.10^b	0.71
Simpson	0.31^a	0.35^a	0.97^b	0.96^b	0.10

The richness index (Chao and ACE) and diversity index (Shannon and Simpson) were calculated using the mothur program. Values with no letter or the same letter superscripts mean no significant difference (P > 0.05), while with different letter superscripts mean significant difference (P < 0.05). n = 12

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