Cholesterol Assimilation by Lactobacillus Probiotic Bacteria: An In Vitro Investigation
Table 2
Percent cholesterol assimilation by Lactobacillus strains in MRS containing 100 g/mL of cholesterol-PEG 600 for 24 h and the amount of cholesterol assimilation expected in a probiotic dose containing 1010 cells.
Probiotic strain
Cholesterol assimilated (%)
Cholesterol assimilated (mg/1010 cfu)
Control (no probiotic)
0.00 ± 1.11
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L. reuteri NCIMB 11951
13.13 ± 3.61
0.33 ± 0.09e
L. reuteri NCIMB 701359
14.63 ± 1.14
0.19 ± 0.02e
L. reuteri NCIMB 702655
19.55 ± 1.45
0.96 ± 0.07d,e
L. reuteri NCIMB 701089
20.87 ± 2.44
0.99 ± 0.12d,e
L. reuteri NCIMB 702656
38.99 ± 4.87
2.09 ± 0.26d
L. fermentum NCIMB 5221
23.55 ± 2.05
10.45 ± 0.91b
L. fermentum NCIMB 8829
36.06 ± 1.49
1.16 ± 0.05d,e
L. fermentum NCIMB 2797
28.48 ± 0.68
3.81 ± 0.09c
L. rhamnosus ATCC 53103 GG
29.98 ± 4.03
0.52 ± 0.07d,e
L. acidophilus ATCC 314
31.51 ± 1.39
1.79 ± 0.08d,e
L. plantarum ATCC 14917
28.3 ± 1.03
15.18 ± 0.55a
Data is expressed as mean ± SEM, . Tukey’s homogeneous subsets generated from pairwise comparisons are represented as a, b, c, d, and e, with “a” representing the most significant subset from control.
