Lactobacillus helveticus VPro 13 and Reduced Serum Total Cholesterol Levels

• Functional Probiotic Characterization and In Vivo Cholesterol-Lowering Activity of Lactobacillus helveticus Isolated from Fermented Cow Milk.

  • 2016-10-28
  • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 26(10)
  • • Karthiyaini Damodharan
    • S. Palaniyandi
    • S. Yang
    • J. Suh

  • PubMed: 27435541
  • DOI: 10.4014/jmb.1603.03005

  2 Insights on

  • Reduced Serum Total Cholesterol Levels

  • Low evidence

  The serum total cholesterol level was significantly decreased by 8.6% and 7.78% in the HCD-KII13 and HCD-*L.ac* groups (*p* < 0.05), respectively, compared with the HCD group.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes