Ornithine aspartate effects on bacterial composition and metabolic pathways in a rat model of steatotic liver disease

Figure 2 Beta diversity analysis using principal coordinates analysis and dendrogram clustering to evaluate similarities and differences among bacterial community structures. A: Principal coordinate analysis of bacterial community structures based on the Bray-Curtis distance metric; B: Hierarchical clustering dendrogram based on the Bray-Curtis dissimilarity index. Samples were colored according to the experimental group: Control, metabolic-dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease, and ornithine aspartate. Statistical confidence for the sample grouping was accessed using analysis of similarities. MASLD: Metabolic-dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease; LOLA: Ornithine aspartate.