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Scutellarin (SCU) is a flavonoid extracted from Erigeron breviscapus (Vaniot.) Hand.-Mazz., which has significant anti-liver-fibrosis efficacy, but its mode of action remains incompletely understood. A liver fibrosis model was built with male Sprague Dawley rats induced with the disease by CCl4 to evaluate the therapeutic effect of drugs. 16S rRNA sequencing and metabolomics were used to analyze the regulatory effects of SCU on intestinal flora and host metabolism; antibiotics were administered to eliminate gut microbiota and fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) experiments were used to verify the mechanism. The mechanistic basis underlying SCU\u2019s hepatic anti-fibrotic effects was screened by network pharmacology combined with transcriptomics, combined with molecular docking, qPCR, and WB verification. The results showed that SCU may play an anti-liver-fibrosis role by correcting the imbalance of gut flora and regulating the linoleic acid and purine metabolic pathways. In addition, SCU can downregulate the levels of proteins and genes related to the PI3K\/AKT axis. 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