BioMed Research International

Research Article

Bioaccessible Antioxidants in Milk Fermented by Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum Strains

Table 2

Antioxidant capacity of cell-free extracts evaluated by the oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) assay.


Genus and species	Strain	ORAC (µM TE¹) ± SE²

. adolescentis	ATCC 15703	76.5 ± 38.2^M
. animalis subsp. lactis	BB-12	79.8 ± 38.4^LM
B. longum subsp. infantis	ATCC 15702	85.9 ± 38.9^KLM
B. longum subsp. longum	RW 024	101.0 ± 39.7^JKLM
B. longum subsp. longum	PRO 42-2	109.5 ± 39.1^IJKLM
B. longum subsp. longum	CUETM 290	115.0 ± 38.2^HIIJKLM
B. longum subsp. longum	RW 008	117.0 ± 33.1^IIJKLM
B. longum subsp. longum	RW 009	118.7 ± 39.2^HIIJKLM
B. longum subsp. longum	CUETM 239	122.7 ± 33.6^HIIJKLM
B. longum subsp. longum	PRO 42-8	125.0 ± 38.2^GHIIJKLM
B. longum subsp. longum	RW 020	127.5 ± 39.1^FGHIIJKLM
B. longum subsp. longum	RW 023	129.2 ± 40.1^EFGHIIJKLM
B. longum subsp. longum	CUETM 186	132.4 ± 38.6^DEFGHIIJKLM
B. longum subsp. longum	PRO 42-1	135.6 ± 38.1^DEFGHIIJKLM
B. longum subsp. longum	CUETM 247	137.5 ± 38.0^DEFGHIIJKLM
B. longum subsp. longum	ATCC 15708	140.5 ± 12.5^IJKLM
B. longum subsp. longum	CUETM 193	144.4 ± 39.1^CDEFGHIJKLM
B. longum subsp. longum	CUETM 177	149.2 ± 38.5^CDEFGHIJKLM
B. longum subsp. longum	CUETM 260	154.1 ± 33.1^CDEFGHIJKLM
B. longum subsp. longum	RW 019	157.2 ± 39.0^BCDEFGHIJKLM
B. longum subsp. longum	ATCC 15707	158.2 ± 38.5^BDEFGHIJKLM
B. longum subsp. longum	ATCC 51870	158.5 ± 39.5^BCDEFGHIJKLM
B. longum subsp. longum	DSM 20097	162.0 ± 38.6^BCDEFGHIJKLM
B. longum subsp. suis	ATCC 27533	175.7 ± 38.2^{ABCDEFGHIJKLM}
B. longum subsp. longum	NCC 2705	187.3 ± 38.3^ABCDEFGHIJKL
B. longum subsp. longum	CUETM 245	187.4 ± 33.1^ABCDEFGHIJ
B. longum subsp. longum	CUETM 263	191.0 ± 38.5^ABCDEFGHIJK
B. longum subsp. longum	CUETM 268	195.3 ± 38.1^ABCDEFGHIJ
B. longum subsp. longum	CUETM 281	218.2 ± 39.5^ABCDEFGHI
B. longum subsp. longum	PRO 16-10	223.5 ± 39.1^ABCDEFGH
B. longum subsp. longum	CUETM 287	227.1 ± 38.0^ABCDEFG
B. longum subsp. longum	PRO 42-10	232.6 ± 38.1^ABCDEF
. breve	ATCC 15698	237.0 ± 38.1^ABCDE
B. longum subsp. longum	RW 001	241.5 ± 39.0^ABCD
B. longum subsp. longum	CUETM 259	245.7 ± 38.1^ABC
B. longum subsp. longum	CUETM 171	265.1 ± 39.1^AB
. catenulatum	CUETM 174	266.4 ± 33.5^A
B. longum subsp. longum	CUETM 172	274.3 ± 38.4^A

Means with different capital letter superscripts were significantly different ( < 0.05).
¹Trolox equivalent.
²Results were expressed as means ± standard error ( = 3).
³Bifidobacterium.