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. 2025 Aug 26;25:549. doi: 10.1186/s12866-025-04326-4

Table 3.

Cell surface hydrophobicity, DPPH radical scavenging, and cholesterol assimilation activities of Lactobacillus spp

Strains No. LAB species Cell surface hydrophobicity (%) DPPH radical (%) Cholesterol assimilation (%)
ST1 Levilactobacillus brevis 76.71 ± 0.66a 68.90 ± 3.00a 31.80 ± 1.46a
ST 2 Levilactobacillus brevis 76.61 ± 1.00a 61.60 ± 1.43b 19.40 ± 1.10b
ST3 Lecticaseibacillus paracasei 76.50 ± 1.70ab 60.00 ± 0.83bc 18.60 ± 1.48b
ST4 Lentilactobacillus hilgardii 75.70 ± 1.56ab 59.30 ± 2.46bc 12.20 ± 0.68cd
ST5 Lentilactobacillus hilgardii 75.51 ± 0.86abc 58.20 ± 1.99bc 5.40 ± 0.55cd
ST6 Lentilactobacillus hilgardii 75.30 ± 2.33abcd 57.20 ± 1.02bc 4.90 ± 1.39cd
ST7 Lentilactobacillus parabuchneri 75.00 ± 1.10abcd 56.40 ± 1.73bc 4.90 ± 3.11cd
ST8 Lecticaseibacillus paracasei 74.00 ± 0.55abcd 55.00 ± 1.99c 4.80 ± 1.46cd
ST9 Lentilactobacillus hilgardii 73.81 ± 1.20abcde 29.30 ± 1.88d 4.50 ± 1.97d
ST10 Lecticaseibacillus paracasei 72.20 ± 0.66bcdef 27.10 ± 0.83d 4.31 ± 2.84d
ST11 Lecticaseibacillus paracasei 71.31 ± 0.45cdef 27.10 ± 0.47d 4.10 ± 0.96d
ST12 Lecticaseibacillus paracasei 71.00 ± 0.66def 25.00 ± 1.99d 4.01 ± 2.90d
ST13 Lecticaseibacillus paracasei 69.50 ± 0.49ef 15.70 ± 0.47e 3.71 ± 1.61 d
ST14 Lecticaseibacillus paracasei 68.50 ± 1.10f 12.10 ± 0.64e 3.60 ± 1.44d
ST15 Lecticaseibacillus paracasei 43.21 ± 0.65g 11.11 ± 0.44e 3.01 ± 0.85d
ST16 Lecticaseibacillus paracasei 40.00 ± 0.55gh 10.40 ± 1.43e 2.80 ± 1.91d
ST17 Levilactobacillus brevis 36.31 ± 0.45h 1.52 ± 1.98f 2.01 ± 2.84d
ST18 Lecticaseibacillus paracasei 24.11 ± 1.20i 1.73 ± 0.57f 1.60 ± 2.46d

Values with different letters within the column are statistically significant at Tukey’s HSD 0.05