N‐Acetylcysteine alleviates gut dysbiosis and glucose metabolic disorder in high‐fat diet‐fed mice

N-Acetylcysteine (NAC), an antioxidative reagent for clinical diseases, shows potential in the treatment of diabetes and other metabolic diseases. However, it is unknown how NAC modulates the gut microbiota of mice with metabolic syndrome. The aim of the present study was to demonstrate the preventive effect of NAC on intestinal dysbiosis and glucose metabolic disorder.Mice (C57BL/6J strain) were fed either a normal chow diet (NCD), NCD plus...