Preparation, characterization and hypocholesterolemic effect of sodium alginate encapsulated lab isolate

Probiotics are live friendly bacteria which help in lowering cholesterol, reducing diabetes and have many other health improving functions which may be in part due to its CLA conversion potential. Out of a large number of probiotics studied Lactobacillus or Bifidobacteria genera are the most exploited ones. The present study was designed to study the hypocholesterolemic properties of CLA producing LAB isolate in unencapsulated and encapsulated form. Result and conclusion: In Vivo experiment showed that the percentage decrease in cholesterol level by probiotic bacteria is almost parallel to that of percentage decrease in cholesterol level of drug treated mice. However there was hardly any difference in cholesterol reduction by encapsulation in this 20 days experiment. Keywords: CLA, Probiotic, hypocholesterolemic, Encapsulation, Cholesterol.