Table 1. The decrease in cholesterol with the isolated bacterial strains

Strain	Cholesterol1) (mg/L)	Cholesterol reduction rate2) (%)
Blank	206.25±1.68	–
L. acidophilus ATCC43121	158.83±3.39	23.0b
P. acidilactici LRCC5307	143.38±2.48	30.5c
P. acidilactici PA5296	148.43±1.84	28.0c
L. plantarum LP5272	168.29±3.67	18.4a
E. faecalis EF5315	172.95±1.79	16.1a
P. acidilactici PA5265	175.70±2.20	14.8a

Blank, the initial media without cultivation. L. acidophilus ATCC43121 was used as reference strains.
Results are expressed as mean±SE (n=3).
Results are calculated as (cholesterol concentration of each strain / cholesterol concentration of blank) × 100.
Means in the same column with different lowercase superscript letters are significantly different at p<0.05.