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Table 2 Co-precipitation of cholesterol by Bacillus spp.

From: In vitro evaluation of the cholesterol-reducing ability of a potential probiotic Bacillus spp

Culture

Percentage reduction of cholesterol

Control (only cholesterol)

Ox-bile

Sodium taurocholate

Sodium glycocholate

MCC 2458

19.68 ± 0.01 b

31.23 ± 0.01 b

38.60 ± 0.02 c

39.67 ± 0.05 b

MCC 2427

18.49 ± 0.02 a

27.57 ± 0.04 a

30.90 ± 0.05 a

34.48 ± 0.01 a

MCC 2514

19.47 ± 0.01 b

31.02 ± 0.01 b

37.48 ± 0.03 b

39.53 ± 0.00 b

  1. Values are presented as the mean ± SD of duplicate trials from three separate runs
  2. Values in a column followed by the same lowercase letters do not differ significantly (p > 0.05)