Table 4. Percentage of Cholesterol Reduction, Aggregation and Coaggregation by Selected Probiotic Isolates at Different Time Interval a.
Probiotic Isolates | Cholesterol Reduction, %% | Auto-Aggregation, % | Co-Aggregation, | |||||||||
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0.3% Oxgall | 0.3% TCA | 1h | 2h | 3h | 4h | L.M | S.P | |||||
2h | 4h | 8h | 2h | 4h | 8h | |||||||
L. brevis LB32 | 79.6 | 71.5 | 81.2 | 54.3 | 65.7 | 65.8 | -ve | 21.9 | 38.9 | 56.8 | 51.24 | 37.46 |
L. pentosus LP05 | 66.3 | 66.6 | 69.0 | 61.4 | 66.3 | 62.4 | 12.6 | 44.6 | 64.7 | 70.2 | 48.11 | 54.06 |
aAbbreviations: L.M, Listeria monocytogenes; S.P, Streptococcus pneumonia.