1. Prevention by Lactic Acid Bacteria of the Oxidation of Human LDL
- Author
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Naoki Takemoto, T. Saori Kurama, and Masaki Terahara
- Subjects
Adult ,Male ,Streptococcus thermophilus ,Antioxidant ,medicine.medical_treatment ,In Vitro Techniques ,Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances ,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ,Biochemistry ,Antioxidants ,Analytical Chemistry ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Lactobacillus ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Lactic Acid ,Molecular Biology ,biology ,Strain (chemistry) ,Erythrocyte Membrane ,Organic Chemistry ,Streptococcus ,food and beverages ,Free Radical Scavengers ,General Medicine ,Lactobacillaceae ,biology.organism_classification ,Lactic acid ,Lipoproteins, LDL ,chemistry ,Chromatography, Thin Layer ,Rabbits ,Oxidation-Reduction ,Copper ,Bacteria ,Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus ,Biotechnology - Abstract
Ether extracts of lactic acid bacteria were analyzed for prevention of the oxidation of erythrocyte membrane and human low-density lipoprotein in vivo. Streptococcus thermophilus 1131 and Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus 2038, yogurt starters, were chosen as test-strains, and ether extracts of these cultures were used as samples. Both strain 1131 and strain 2038 produced radical scavengers and inhibited oxidation of erythrocyte membranes and low-density lipoproteins. The antioxidative activity of strain 2038 was higher than that of strain 1131.
- Published
- 2001