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Fig. 3

From: Antimicrobial treatment improves tryptophan metabolism and mood of patients with small intestinal bacterial overgrowth

Fig. 3

Ratio between urinary levels of A tryptophan and 5-hydroxyaminoacetic acid (TRP/5-HIAA) and B tryptophan and L-kynurenine (TRP/KYN) in patients with low mental mood with chronic diarrhea (SIBO-D) and chronic constipation (SIBO-C) before (blue) and after rifaximin treatment (red); boxes represent mean, error bars represent standard deviation. Differences in both groups before and after treatment were evaluated by Wilcoxon signed-rank test; n = 40 in both groups; *** p < 0.001. Schemes follow the same formatting

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Nutrition & Metabolism

ISSN: 1743-7075

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