【Animal Modeling】-Study on the effect of different concentrations of tea polyphenols on the intestinal flora of mice

  Objective To study the effect of different concentrations of tea polyphenols on the intestinal flora of mice.

  Methods Twenty-four C57BL/6 mice were selected and randomly divided into 4 groups: control group (CK, without tea polyphenols), low-dose tea polyphenols group (LTP, with 0.4g/L GTP added in drinking water), medium-dose Tea polyphenol group (MTP, 0.8 g/L GTP added to drinking water), high-dose tea polyphenol group (TP, 1.6 g/L GTP added to drinking water), all four groups were given regular feed, and tea polyphenol drinking water was changed once a day , for 14 consecutive days. Murine gut microbial diversity was analyzed by MiSeq sequencing and bioinformatics.

  Results High-concentration tea polyphenol intake increased the diversity of intestinal flora. The content of Lactobacillus in the middle-dose and high-dose groups was significantly higher than that in the low-dose and control groups (p=0.038). The proliferative effect of Bacillus is the most obvious and dose-dependent.

  Conclusion Tea polyphenols can increase the diversity of gut microbes, increase the proportion of probiotics and change the composition of flora.