Fig. 11

Sex differences in the gut microbial metabolites following SPS exposure. Cecum was collected from each rat on the day of dissection and randomly selected cecal samples from each subgroup were sent to SCFA analysis. A Levels of cecal acetate, B levels of cecal propionate, C levels of cecal valerate, D levels of cecal isobutyrate, E levels of cecal isovalerate. Each symbol represents the value for an individual animal (blue bars—males control n = 5, SPS-R n = 5, SPS-S n = 5; pink bars—females control n = 4, SPS-R n = 5, SPS-S n = 5)