Lactobacillus fermentum LF61 and Reduced Serum Total Cholesterol

• Characterisation of Lactobacillus fermentum SM-7 isolated from koumiss, a potential probiotic bacterium with cholesterol-lowering effects.

  • 2010-10-28
  • Clinical Trial
  • Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 91(3)
  • • D. Pan
    • Xiaoqun Zeng
    • Yuhua Yan

  • PubMed: 21218486
  • DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.4214

  18 Insights on

  • Reduced Serum Total Cholesterol

  • Low evidence
  • Highly Cited
  • Animal Study

  In vivo experiments using L. fermentum SM-7 on artificially induced hyperlipidaemial ICR mice significantly decreased serum total cholesterol levels (P < 0.01).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes