In vitro assessment of hypocholesterolemic activity of Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis

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Table 5 Co-precipitation of cholesterol with deconjugated bile salt by Lactococcus lactic subsp. lactis

Conjugated bile salt	Cholesterol precipitated (μg/ml)
Sodium glycocholate (6 mM)	5.53 ± 0.70^a
Sodium taurocholate (6 mM)	3.7 ± 0.78^b
Sodium glycocholate (2.8 mM) + sodium taurocholate (1.2 mM)	5.2 ± 0.36^a

Means in the same column followed by different lowercase letters are significantly different (p < 0.05)
^aResults are expressed as the means ± standard error of the means, values are the means of triplicate measurements
^bMRS broth supplemented with cholesterol and either sodium glycocholate (6 mM), sodium taurocholate (6 mM), or a mixture of sodium glycocholate (2.8 mM) and sodium taurocholate (1.2 mM)