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 2

Effects of liver lipid profiles of hamsters fed with high fat plus high cholesterol diet after 10 weeks of treatments with different concentrations of PROBIOS-23 Complex product.

Groups	Cholesterol (mg/g)	Triglyceride (mg/g)	TBARS (MDA uM)
Control	6.32 ± 1.43^a	27.57 ± 3.33^a	7.73 ± 0.98^b
HFC	48.07 ± 5.76^c	47.24 ± 4.79^d	9.61 ± 1.33^c
Low dose PROBIO S-23	36.58 ± 8.19^b	38.39 ± 4.54^c	7.15 ± 0.36^ab
Middle dose PROBIO S-23	33.58 ± 6.62^b	35.20 ± 3.33^bc	7.80 ± 1.15^b
High dose PROBIO S-23	34.24 ± 7.04^b	32.91 ± 5.99^b	6.14 ± 1.51^a

Data are expressed as means ± SD ( = 8–10).
^a,b,c,dValues in the same column with different superscripts are significantly different ().