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Quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) was used to verify the results of PICRUSt analysis.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Results of the pathological and biochemical index showed that YBT could improve NASH mice. Compared with improving inflammation and hepatocyte damage, YBT may be more focused on enhancing metabolic disorders in mice, such as increasing HDL-c level. The diversity and richness of the gut microbiota of NASH mice induced by HFFD are significantly different from the normal control (NC) group. After YBT treatment, the diversity and richness of the mice microbiota will be increased to similar NC mice. <jats:italic>Intestinimonas, Acetatifactor, Alistipes, Intestinimonas, Acetatifactor<\/jats:italic>, and <jats:italic>Alistipes<\/jats:italic> have the most significant changes in the class level. PICRUSt analysis was performed to predict genomic functions based on the 16S rDNA results and reference sequencing. The efficacy of YBT in the treatment of NASH can be achieved by regulating the diversity and richness of gut microbiota. PICRUSt analysis results showed that the most relevant function of the microbiota construction variations is \u03b1- Linolenic acid (ALA) metabolism. Results of qRT-PCR showed significant differences between groups in the expression of Fatty acid desaturase 1 (FADS1), Fatty acid desaturase 2 (FADS2), Acyl-CoA Oxidase 1 (ACOX1), and Acyl-CoA Oxidase 2 (ACOX2) related to ALA metabolism. The expression of the above genes will be inhibited in the liver and small intestine of the HFFD group mice, and the expression can be restored after YBT treatment.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>YBT could treat NASH mice by improving the diversity and richness of gut microbiota and further the improvement of ALA metabolism.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fcimb.2022.824597","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,22]],"date-time":"2022-04-22T06:06:12Z","timestamp":1650607572000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":15,"title":["Yiqi-Bushen-Tiaozhi Recipe Attenuated High-Fat and High-Fructose Diet Induced Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis in Mice via Gut Microbiota"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Junbin","family":"Yan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yunmeng","family":"Nie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yuan","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jingya","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Liyan","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zhiyun","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Beihui","family":"He","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1788","DOI":"10.4254\/wjh.v7.i13.1788","article-title":"Non-Alcohol Fatty Liver Disease in Asia: Prevention and Planning","volume":"7","author":"Ashtari","year":"2015","journal-title":"World J. 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