Nutritional effect of mango juices inoculated with probiotic strain of lactobacillus plantarum NRRL4496as a source of probiotic on Hypercholesterolemic rats. [electronic resource]

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The present study showed that probiotic enriched mango Juice can be used as a healthy food product due to its great amount content of health components like vitamins, antioxidant and polyphenols. Moreover, Lactobacillus plantarum NRRL4496 which were used as animal diet, Rats were classified into two groups, one received normal diet while the second fed with high cholesterol diet. Two groups were received with their diet mango juice or mango juice propagated with L. plantarumNRRL4496. The effect of those supplementations on the gro""th parameters, liver and plasma lipid profile and hematology were followed up after four weeks. Final body weight (FBW), gain in body weight (GBW). Daily food intake (DFI) and Food efficiency ratio (FER) were determined in rats received normal or high cholesterol diet. No significant differences were found in the (FBW) between rat groups. The highest increase in the (FBW) was for rats fed regular mango juice while, the control group was the lowest. On contrary. Thcre was a significant decrease in the liver cholesterol concentration, plasma total cholesterol, and low densitylipoproteins cholesterol (LDL-C) in the hypercholesterolemic rats group compared to the control. Insignificant decrease in the plasma triglycerides was recorded in normal rats group fed probiocated mango juice compared to the control. Also, No significant decrease in the HDLILDL-C ratio in normal and hypercholesterolemic rat groups fed probiocated mango juice was detected compared to control.

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