Diet-induced changes in bacterial communities in the jejunum and their associations with bile acids in Angus beef cattle

Table 3 Ten bile acids with significant different levels between grass-fed and grain-fed cattle (concentration unit: μmol/ml)

Bile acids	Grain-fed	Grass-fed	p-value
Cholic acid¹	0.884 ± 0.403	2.876 ± 2.45	0.0238
Glycocholic acid^1C	171.912 ± 79.959	294.44 ± 63.734	0.0135
Glycodeoxycholic acid^2C	57.035 ± 18.609	30.417 ± 8.094	0.0054
Glycolithocholic acid^2C	1.001 ± 0.41	0.334 ± 0.17	0.0019
Glycoursodeoxycholic acid^2C	0.073 ± 0.042	0.035 ± 0.013	0.0182
7-Ketodeoxycholic acid^2C	0.08 ± 0.057	0.382 ± 0.425	0.0238
Taurocholic acid^1C	206.139 ± 57.52	358.033 ± 46.647	0.0014
Taurodeoxycholic acid^2C	79.243 ± 24.584	54.168 ± 11.158	0.0316
Taurolithocholic acid^2C	1.075 ± 0.284	0.515 ± 0.08	0.0009
Total of tauroursodeoxycholic/taurohyodeoxycholic acid^2C	0.152 ± 0.093	0.08 ± 0.016	0.0404

Bile acids were listed alphabetically, “1” denotes primary bile acids, “1C” denotes primary bile acids conjugates, “2C” denotes secondary bile acids conjugates

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