Research Article

Antihyperlipidemic and Antioxidative Potentials of Onion (Allium cepa L.) Extract Fermented with a Novel Lactobacillus casei HD-010

Table 6

Effect of fermented onion with L. casei HD-010 on serum total cholesterol level in ApoE-deficient mice.

TreatmentDose 
(mg/kg/day)
Total Cholesterol (TC, mg/dl)
0 weeks1 week2 weeks3 weeks4 weeks5 weeks6 weeks

Control0702.7±40.72779.4±88.99647.8±89.39803.2±41.15621.8±71.15789.7±55.05699.1±41.20
Low25702.7±88.48785.5±63.45568.7±82.61807.5±19.50598.8±46.83644.3±79.84644.8±39.13
Mid50658.1±73.41755.7±51.34548.3±67.92778.6±57.04592.3±91.15602.7±62.89641.1±60.00
High100652.7±28.06750.1±60.31437.4±61.70768.7±83.53#575.9±20.40#595.0±73.14619.4±78.28
L. casei
KCTC 2180
100739.9±48.37825.8±113.75687.6±52.21879.0±32.08720.2±66.89785.8±79.01715.2±33.01
Benzafibrate10716.6±90.81735.7±26.94609.5±66.18839.3±92.52737.1±73.97763.9±87.42687.4±19.36

Data represent mean ± SD(10 animals per group; three independent experiments were performed).
Statistical significance between control and treated values was determined by two-tailed Student’s t-testand is given as a p value; p value < 0.05 and p value < 0.001(versus control group); #p value < 0.05 and ##p value < 0.001 (versus L. casei KCTC 2180 and benzafibrate treated group).