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Table 5 Functional properties of selected LAB strains

From: Aggrandizement of fermented cucumber through the action of autochthonous probiotic cum starter strains of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum and Pediococcus pentosaceus

Strain code

Antioxidant activity

Cholesterol assimilation (%)

Nitrite degradation (%)

Proteolytic activity (mmol/L)

EPS (mg/L)

Coaggregation (%)

Hydroxyl radical (%)

Superoxide anions (%)

S. a

S. p

E. c

B. c

P. a

NPL 1258

84 ± 0.22

64.65 ± 0.17

44 ± 0.12

75 ±0.01

1.89 ± 0.11

85.5 ± 0.01

77 ± 0.11

85 ± 0.05

66 ± 0.02

52 ± 0.01

52 ± 0.01

NPL 1259

48 ± 0.12

85.5 ± 0.22

38 ± 0.02

59 ± 0.12

1.73 ± 0.0

74.9 ± 0.12

31 ± 0.03

43 ± 0.08

87 ± 0.04

41 ± 0.03

41 ± 0.03

NPL 1264

73 ± 0.14

64.9 ± 0.32

33 ± 0.11

69 ± 0.05

0.76 ± 0.0

92.1 ± 0.15

97 ± 0.06

66 ± 0.13

53 ± 0.04

63 ± 0.04

63 ± 0.04

NPL 1277

52 ± 0.31

46.15 ± 0.45

22 ± 0.21

36 ± 0.03

1.61 ± 0.16

86.8 ± 0.17

34 ± 0.13

82 ± 0.16

62 ± 0.03

47 ± 0.5

47 ± 0.5

NPL 1279

60 ± 0.11

76.85 ± 0.27

12 ± 0.12

55 ± 0.17

1.38 ± 0.09

88.6 ± 0.21

74 ± 0.16

44 ± 0.04

36 ± 0.11

54 ± 0.11

54 ± 0.11

NPL 1280

56 ± 0.16

68.65 ± 0.22

29 ± 0.05

65 ± 0.02

1.41 ± 0.05

76.1 ± 0.33

87 ± 0.25

76 ± 0.02

55 ± 0.03

48 ± 0.21

48 ± 0.21

NPL 1284

74 ± 0.15

76.31 ± 0.13

31 ± 0.02

56 ± 0.14

1.60 ± 0.02

85.2 ± 0.12

29 ± 0.15

22 ± 0.05

48 ± 0.02

63 ± 0.04

63 ± 0.04

NPL 1286

66 ± 0.06

84.18 ± 0.17

23 ± 0.16

18 ± 0.11

1.67 ± 0.11

71.9 ± 0.11

43 ± 0.01

52 ± 0.11

58 ± 0.01

33 ± 0.04

33 ± 0.04

NPL 1291

53 ± 0.11

64.98 ± 0.19

19 ± 0.41

58 ± 0.04

0.55 ± 0.02

88.91 ± 0.02

63 ± 0.00

73 ± 0.05

61 ± 0.01

16 ± 0.2

16 ± 0.2

NPL 1306

38 ± 0.09

44.34 ± 0.32

20 ± 0.01

34 ± 0.01

1.52 ± 0.03

91 ± 0.04

75.3 ± 0.02

58 ± 0.21

49 ± 0.12

82 ± 0.01

64 ± 0.01

ATCC 8014

44 ± 0.03

62.34 ± 0.02

25 ± 0.04

56 ± 0.02

0.92 ± 0.01

83 ± 0.01

66.78 ±0.2

67 ± 0.11

56 ± 0.11

71 ± 0.01

39 ± 0.02

  1. S. p, Streptococcus pyogenes ATCC 19615; S. a, Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923, E. c, Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, B. c Bacillus cereus ATCC 11778. P. a Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 15442. Results are means of three independent experiments with three repetitions ± SD (n = 3).