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Table 2.

Cholesterol removal from the medium by LAB isolated from Indonesian kefir grains.

LAB isolates	Cholesterol reduced from the medium after 24 h (%)

	Growing cells	Resting cells	Dead cells
L. kefiri BG8	22.08^eEF	16.67^aEF	15.11^aEF
L. kefiri BG13	28.33^deDE	17.92^aF	12.33^aEF
L. rhamnosus BD2	53.75^bB	20.42^aEF	16.69^aEF
L. kefiri BD4	36.25^cdCD	16.25^aF	10.33^aEF
L. kefiri JK1	42.50^bcBC	14.58^aF	7.89^aEF
L. kefiri JK5	42.50^bcBC	16.67^aEF	12.75^aEF
L. kefiri JK6	37.50^cdCD	18.33^aEF	14.83^aEF
L. kefiri JK17	68.75^aA	22.08^aEF	15.81^aEF
L. kefiri YK4	46.67^bcBC	21.67^aEF	18.17^aEF
L. kefiri YK7	36.25^cdCD	17.92^aEF	12.06^aEF
L. rhamnosus R23	20.83^eEF	14.17^aF	10.25^aEF

Means with different superscript letters in the same column (a–d) and superscript capital letters in the same row (A–F) are significantly different (p < 0.05) by Duncan’s multiple range test.