Comparative gut microbiome analysis of the Prakriti and Sasang systems reveals functional level similarities in constitu
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Comparative gut microbiome analysis of the Prakriti and Sasang systems reveals functional level similarities in constitutionally similar classes Fauzul Mobeen1 · Vikas Sharma1 · Tulika Prakash1 Received: 4 January 2020 / Accepted: 31 July 2020 © King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology 2020
Abstract The traditional medicinal systems (TMS) of India (Prakriti) and Korea (Sasang) classify human individuals based on their constitution determined by the physiological and psychological traits of individuals. Similarities in the constitutions are already found between the classes of Prakriti (Vata, Pitta, and Kapha) and Sasang (TE: Taeeumin, SE: Soeumin, and SY: Soyangin) systems. Gut health is an important aspect of this constitution based classification in TMS. To determine the role of gut microbes in such classifications, we have analyzed the gut microbiome (taxa and imputed functions) in the constitutionally similar Prakriti and Sasang classes. An enrichment of Bacteroides and Prevotella enterotypes is observed in the Sasang and Prakriti samples, respectively. The impact of the constitution is found to be more prominent with respect to the taxa and predicted-functions within the Prakriti classes. Gut microbiome functional-level similarities are found to correlate well with the host phenotypes of the constitutionally similar Prakriti and Sasang classes. An enrichment of carbohydrate and amino-acid metabolism is observed in the Vata and SE classes which may be responsible for meeting with their high energy demands and lean phenotype. The Pitta and SY classes exhibit the high capacity to metabolize toxins. An enrichment of functions responsible for predisposition to obesity and high drug metabolism is observed in the Kapha and TE classes. The contribution of gut adaptive functions is found to correlate with the constitution-based classification in both Prakriti and Sasang systems. The TE class harboured the highest number of biofilm-forming and stress-tolerant microbes thus exhibiting the maximum tolerance of environmental stress. Similarities in the gut microbiota and the resulting disease predisposition patterns are found to exist between the constitutionally matching Prakriti and Sasang classes. Keywords Human gut microbiome · Prakriti · Sasang · Ayurveda · India · Korea · Traditional medicinal systems
Introduction
Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-020-02376-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. * Tulika Prakash [email protected] Fauzul Mobeen [email protected] Vikas Sharma [email protected] 1
School of Basic Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Kamand, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh 175005, India
The traditional medicinal systems (TMS) have been existing across the globe from ancient times (Bodekar and Graz 2020). These systems stratify individuals into different classes based on their constitution as determined by their physical, psychological, so
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