Research Article

Cholesterol-Lowering Potentials of Lactic Acid Bacteria Based on Bile-Salt Hydrolase Activity and Effect of Potent Strains on Cholesterol Metabolism In Vitro and In Vivo

Table 1

Screening of the bile salt hydrolase (BSH) activity of probiotics using the plate assay method.

StrainMRS agarMRS agar  
(0.5% TDCA)
MRS agar  
(0.5% TCA)
Precipitation zone diameter (mm)a

NBHK00110 ± 1b19 ± 4
NBHK00210 ± 119 ± 416 ± 2
NBHK00311 ± 112 ± 118 ± 3
NBHK00410 ± 123 ± 415 ± 4
NBHK00511 ± 114 ± 019 ± 2
NBHK0069 ± 114 ± 320 ± 4
NBHK00713 ± 324 ± 418 ± 2
NBHK0089 ± 120 ± 420 ± 1
LGA-0111 ± 116 ± 1
LRE-0111 ± 017 ± 0
Bgal-111 ± 119 ± 012 ± 0
TS 11111 ± 016 ± 0 13 ± 0
TS 15911 ± 015 ± 0 14 ± 0
TS 611 ± 014 ± 011 ± 0
TS 1712 ± 017 ± 016 ± 0
TS 1811 ± 117 ± 016 ± 1
TS 2611 ± 117 ± 016 ± 0
TS 2911 ± 116 ± 018 ± 4
TS 3213 ± 019 ± 0
RY11-M210 ± 116 ± 0
MY22-M19 ± 113 ± 4
RY11-R114 ± 616 ± 3

Diameter of precipitation zone included 6 mm diameter of the sterile filter disk.
bNot detected.