Cholesterol Assimilation by Lactobacillus Probiotic Bacteria: An In Vitro Investigation

Table 3

Percent cholesterol assimilation by Lactobacillus strains in simulated intestinal fluid 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/10^10 cfu)
Control (no probiotic)	0.00 ± 1.87	—
L. reuteri  NCIMB 11951	63.24 ± 1.29	25.02 ± 0.51^c
L. reuteri  NCIMB 701359	50.77 ± 1.67	139.63 ± 4.59^c
L. reuteri  NCIMB 702655	52.69 ± 2.42	803.62 ± 36.85^b
L. reuteri  NCIMB 701089	67.20 ± 1.89	2254.70 ± 63.33^a
L. reuteri  NCIMB 702656	51.79 ± 1.52	20.94 ± 0.61^c
L. fermentum  NCIMB 5221	11.51 ± 1.44	137.94 ± 17.29^c
L. fermentum  NCIMB 8829	37.19 ± 4.99	43.62 ± 5.85^c
L. fermentum  NCIMB 2797	40.84 ± 1.90	236.24 ± 10.98^c
L. rhamnosus  ATCC 53103 GG	−0.76 ± 1.09	−14.19 ± 20.39^c
L. acidophilus  ATCC 314	73.67 ± 3.43	247.17 ± 11.51^c
L.  plantarum  ATCC 14917	20.54 ± 3.85	1148.50 ± 215.32^b

Data is expressed as mean ± SEM, . Tukey’s homogeneous subsets generated from pairwise comparisons are represented as a, b, and c, with “a” representing the most significant subset from control.