Mouse Weight and Metabolite Data for 2,3-Butanediol Isomer Study

Treatment with 2R,3R-butanediol prevented weight gain and decreased plasma glucose in mice fed a fat-enriched diet. The dataset likely contains measurements of weight, plasma and liver metabolite concentrations, and gut microbiota composition from this controlled animal study. It was authored by Sunil Veeravalli and last updated on 2026-05-25.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the anti-obesogenic effects of 2,3-butanediol isomers based on weight gain data.
• Correlating liver metabolite changes with dietary interventions based on concentrations of indolepropionate and other metabolites.
• Studying the impact of specific isomers on gut microbiota composition based on phylum and species-level enrichment data.

Strengths

• Data is derived from a controlled experiment comparing standard chow and 16% fat-enriched diets.
• Analysis includes 693 identified liver metabolites, providing a detailed metabolic profile.
• Results are linked to specific changes in gut microbiota, including two Bifidobacterium species.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is small at 37.9 KB, indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Data collected from a controlled laboratory mouse study with defined diet and treatment groups.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-25 09:59:35; freshness should be verified.