Table 6.

Antioxidant activities of Se-enriched LAB

Strain	DPPH scavenged (%)		ABTS scavenged (%)		Reducing activity (OD700)
Lba	Control	Se-enriched	Control	Se-enriched	Control	Se-enriched
Cell suspension	34.33 ± 0.30	39.11 ± 0.23*	34.12 ± 0.47	37.95 ± 0.58*	0.2707 ± 0.0100	0.3016 ± 0.0087
Supernatant	50.80 ± 0.61	57.42 ± 0.85*	49.64 ± 0.93	57.35 ± 0.61*	0.3408 ± 0.0084	0.5110 ± 0.0117*
Stb
Cell suspension	46.02 ± 0.47	52.15 ± 1.18*	36.90 ± 0.73	45.37 ± 0.18*	0.2111 ± 0.0089	0.3155 ± 0.0085
Supernatant	53.60 ± 0.88	70.65 ± 0.41*	56.30 ± 0.56	68.09 ± 0.49*	0.4016 ± 0.0028	0.6055 ± 0.0133*

Values in the same line with ‘*’ are significantly different (p < 0.05). Values are mean ± SD or means, n = 3

^a Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus

^b Streptococcus thermophilus