Effect of feeding synbiotic products on the serum cholesterol, HDL cholesterol and non-HDL cholesterol level of albino rats Kumar Rakesh*, Rani Binita, Kumari Sonia, Jha A.K. Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Dairy Technology, Patna-800 014, Bihar, India *Corresponding author's e-mail: rakesh.dt27@gmail.com
Online published on 11 April, 2019. Abstract Considering the excellent bio-therapeutic benefits of Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium, this study exploited the probiotic characteristics of Lactobacillus acidophilus-015, Lactobacillus casei-297 and Bifidobacterium bifidum-229 strains with natural prebiotic substances viz. banana powder, malto-dextrin and honey to produce synbiotic food formulations and to study the effect of feeding their on the cholesterol level (mg/dl) of albino rats. On the basis of the preliminary investigation, synbiotic products with 2% banana powder, with 2% malto-dextrin, with 3% honey and synbiotic product with 2% each of, banana powder and malto-dextrin and 1% of honey were selected for the investigation of the total cholesterol, HDLcholesterol and non-HDL cholesterol. The products showed a significant decrease in total cholesterol level, however the control groupreceiving the cholesterol rich laboratory diet showeda significant increase (P<0.01)in thetotal cholesterol after 45 days of feeding. There was 25.81 to 45.05% reduction of serum cholesterol was observed in case of feeding synbiotic formulations. Increase in the HDL-cholesterol and decrease in the non-HDL cholesterol were also significant. Therefore, synbiotic formulation with all these three natural prebiotic have enhanced ability to decreased down the blood cholesterol level. Top Keywords HDL-cholesterol, non-HDL cholesterol, Prebiotics, Synbiotics, Total cholesterol. Top |