An In Vitro Study of the Probiotic Potential of a Bile-Salt-Hydrolyzing Lactobacillus fermentum Strain, and Determination of Its Cholesterol-Lowering Properties
- 2003-08
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology 69(8)
- Dora I A Pereira
- A. McCartney
- G. Gibson
- PubMed: 12902267
- DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.8.4743-4752.2003
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Administration of L. fermentum resulted in a decrease in the overall bifidobacterial population (ca. 1 log unit).
- Effect
- Neutral
- Effect size
- Moderate