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This study systematically assessed their gastrointestinal absorption, digestive stability, fecal fermentation, and correlations with gut microbiota and metabolic changes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:italic>In vivo<\/jats:italic>\n                      gastrointestinal absorption of PECD were evaluated using fluorescence tracing of fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-labeled polysaccharides. The stability of PECD during simulated oral, gastric, and intestinal digestion was assessed by determining total\/reducing sugar contents, molecular weight distribution, monosaccharide composition, and Fourier transform infrared spectra. Subsequently,\n                      <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic>\n                      fecal fermentation of PECD was evaluated by pH, short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), 16S rRNA gene sequencing, and untargeted metabolomics.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      No appreciable systemic absorption of FITC-labeled PECD was detected following gastrointestinal administration. During simulated digestion, the total sugar and reducing sugar contents, molecular weight distribution, monosaccharide composition, and infrared spectral profiles of PECD showed no significant changes, suggesting that its major polysaccharides were largely resistant to upper gastrointestinal digestion. During\n                      <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic>\n                      fecal fermentation, PECD was progressively utilized by the gut microbiota, accompanied by a reduction in pH and an increase in SCFAs concentrations. PECD supplementation was also associated with shifts in microbial community composition by enriching genera such as\n                      <jats:italic>Bifidobacterium<\/jats:italic>\n                      and\n                      <jats:italic>Mitsuokella<\/jats:italic>\n                      , while depleting others including\n                      <jats:italic>Klebsiella<\/jats:italic>\n                      and\n                      <jats:italic>Bilophila<\/jats:italic>\n                      . Untargeted metabolomic analysis revealed alterations in metabolites related to phenylalanine metabolism, caffeine metabolism, and arginine biosynthesis, suggesting their potential involvement in microbial response to PECD.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>PECD exhibited limited absorption, resistance to upper gastrointestinal digestion, susceptibility to fecal microbial fermentation, which altered microbial composition, SCFAs, and metabolic profiles, supporting its further study as a candidate bioactive polysaccharide.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fmicb.2026.1931914","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,15]],"date-time":"2026-09-15T05:35:45Z","timestamp":1789450545000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Polysaccharides from Er Chen Decoction: gastrointestinal fate, gut microbiota modulation and metabolomics"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Yu-Jie","family":"Liu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Food Engineering, Shanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Processing, Shanxi University of Chinese Medicine","place":["Jinzhong, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhi-Kun","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Food Engineering, Shanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Processing, Shanxi University of Chinese Medicine","place":["Jinzhong, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lian-Tao","family":"Yue","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Food Engineering, Shanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Processing, Shanxi University of Chinese Medicine","place":["Jinzhong, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dan","family":"Qiao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Food Engineering, Shanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Processing, Shanxi University of Chinese Medicine","place":["Jinzhong, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Qiao-Ling","family":"Deng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Food Engineering, Shanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Processing, Shanxi University of Chinese Medicine","place":["Jinzhong, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xiao-Ying","family":"Chang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Food Engineering, Shanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Processing, Shanxi University of Chinese Medicine","place":["Jinzhong, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tong","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Food Engineering, Shanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Processing, Shanxi University of Chinese Medicine","place":["Jinzhong, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mei-Bian","family":"Hu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Food Engineering, Shanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Processing, Shanxi University of Chinese Medicine","place":["Jinzhong, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"98","DOI":"10.1186\/s13568-018-0629-9","article-title":"The influence of in vitro pectin fermentation on the human fecal microbiome","volume":"8","author":"Bang","year":"2018","journal-title":"AMB Express"},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"9","DOI":"10.13422\/j.cnki.syfjx.20191636","article-title":"Research progress of Erchentang","volume":"25","author":"Bao","year":"2019","journal-title":"Chin. 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