Screening for lactic acid bacteria in traditional fermented Tibetan yak milk and evaluating their probiotic and cholesterol-lowering potentials in rats fed a high-cholesterol diet

The objectives of the present study were to screen cholesterol-lowering lactic acid bacteria from traditional fermented Tibetan yak milk, and to evaluate their potential use as cholesterol-reducing probiotics in rats. A total of 115 isolates were evaluated for their cholesterol-lowering and probioti...

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Main Authors: Wurong Ding, Chao Shi, Ming Chen, Jianwei Zhou, Ruijun Long, Xusheng Guo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-05-01
Series:Journal of Functional Foods
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S175646461730138X