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Probiotic organism | Experimental system | Major findings [reference] |
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Unknown (fermented milk) | Maasai tribesmen in Africa | Low serum cholesterol [72] |
Unknown (yogurt) | Human subjects | Reduced serum cholesterol [73] |
L. acidophilus | Culture media | Cholesterol removal, better survival in cholesterol medium [31] |
Bifidobacterium | Culture media | Removal of cholesterol [25] |
L. acidophilus | Culture media | Cholesterol assimilation [74] |
Probiotic-fermented milk | Rats | Cholesterol reducing efficacy [75] |
L. reuteri | Mice | Reduced blood cholesterol, decreased triglycerides [76] |
Bifidobacterium milk | Rats, human | Reduced cholesterol, decreased triglyceride, decreased LDL, increased HDL [77] |
Yoghurt containing B. lactis or B. longum | Rats | Reduced cholesterol, decreased triglyceride, decreased LDL, increased HDL [78] |
L. plantarum | Culture media | Cholesterol assimilation [17] |
L. bulgaricus and L. acidophilus | Humans | Decreased cholesterol [107] |
L. sporogenes | Humans | Decreased cholesterol, reduced LDL cholesterol [79] |
L. acidophilus | Humans | Decreased cholesterol [108] |
E. faecium | Humans | Decreased cholesterol, decreased triglyceride, decreased LDL, increased HDL [81] |
Microencapsulated BSH-active L. reuteri NCIMB 30242 | Humans | Decreased total cholesterol, reduced LDL cholesterol, decreased apoB-100, decreased non-HDL cholesterol [97] |
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