Table 4. Blood serum levels in mice fed high fat diet with lactic acid bacteria for 6 weeks.

	ND1)	HFD	HFD + Q180
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	137.00 ± 13.10b2)	173.00 ± 8.88a	181.83 ± 18.53a
Triglyceride (mg/dL)	81.00 ± 12.77b	110.00 ± 21.34a	88.67 ± 5.35b
AST (U/L)	144.80 ± 70.07NS	139.33 ± 50.35	150.33 ± 48.51
ALT (U/L)	56.40 ± 25.97b	147.40 ± 13.24a	126.00 ± 32.70a

All values are the mean ± SD (n=6).

¹⁾ND, normal diet; HFD, high fat diet with saline solution; HFD+Q180, high fat diet with L. plantarum Q180 (10⁹ CFU/day).

^2)a,bMeans within a row with difference letters are significantly differences (p<0.05).

^3)NSValues in a row are not significantly different at p<0.05.