BILE-SALTS HYDROLASE PLAYS A KEY ROLE ON CHOLESTEROL REMOVAL BY LACTOBACILLUS-REUTERI

Authors
TARANTO MP SESMA F HOLGADO APD DEVALDEZ GF
Citation
Mp. Taranto et al., BILE-SALTS HYDROLASE PLAYS A KEY ROLE ON CHOLESTEROL REMOVAL BY LACTOBACILLUS-REUTERI, Biotechnology letters, 19(9), 1997, pp. 845-847
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Biotechnology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01415492
Volume
19
Issue
9
Year of publication
1997
Pages
845 - 847
Database
ISI
SICI code
0141-5492(1997)19:9<845:BHPAKR>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
The [H-3]cholesterol removal by Lactobacillus reuteri was due to a co- precipitation together with unconjugated bile acids, which was linked to the bile salt hydrolase activity of the cell. No [H-3]cholesterol w as found inside the cells indicating that no assimilation occurred.