Raspberry aqueous extract ameliorates MAFLD in mice by regulating gut microbiota and purine metabolism (opens in new tab)

IntroductionMetabolism-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) has emerged as a severe worldwide public health burden with insufficient available clinical therapeutic strategies, which underscores the urgent demand for safe, natural dietary interventions. Raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.), a typical food-medicine homologous fruit abundant in diverse bioactive components including anthocyanins, flavonoids and polysaccharides, possesses prominent nutritional and medicinal potential.MethodsIn this stud...