Effects of two Lactobacillus strains on lipid metabolism and intestinal microflora in rats fed a high-cholesterol diet

Table 1 Body weight gain, total food intake, and food efficiency (n = 10 per group) after 6 weeks

Group	Body weight gain(g)	Total food intake(g)	Food efficiency*(%)
Control	144.6^c ± 10.2	879.9^a ± 18.9	16.4^c ± 1.1
Model	177.0^a ± 8.8	875.1^a ± 25.6	20.2^a ± 1.0
L. 9-41-A	153.5^b ± 8.2	881.3^a ± 21.2	17.4^b ± 1.0
L.M1-16	172.4^a ± 10.4	883.9^a ± 22.7	19.50^a ± 1.0

Control group: normal diet; model group: high-cholesterol diet; L.9-41-A group: high-cholesterol diet + L. plantarum 9-41-A; L.M1-16 group: high-cholesterol diet+ L. fermentum M1-16.
*Food efficiency (%) = (body weight gain/food intake) × 100.
The data are shown as the mean ± standard deviation ^a,b,c Mean values within a column with different superscript letters differ significantly (p < 0.05, n = 10).

ISSN: 2662-7671