@article{ajmr2018611,
author={{Kenfack, Chancel Hector Momo and Ngoufack, Fran?ois Zambou and Kaktcham, Pierre Marie and Wang, Yan Rui and Zhu, Taicheng and Yin, Li},
title={Safety and Antioxidant Properties of Five Probiotic <i>Lactobacillus plantarum</i> Strains Isolated from the Digestive Tract of Honey Bees},
journal={American Journal of Microbiological Research},
volume={6},
number={1},
pages={1--8},
year={2018},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajmr/6/1/1},
issn={2328-4137},
abstract={The objective of this study was the evaluation of safety, adhesion and antioxidant properties of five <i>L. plantarum</i> strains isolated from the digestive tract of honey bees. The set of variables generated from this study was submitted to a normalized Pearson (n) Principal Component Analysis (PCA). The five <i>L. plantarum</i><i> </i>strains showed no gelatinase activity and were checked to be non-hemolytic. They were susceptible to chloramphenicol, amoxicillin, penicillin G and tetracycline. The MICs were ranged between 1-4 ¦Ìg/ml for erythromycin and resistance was observed among 80% of strains (<i>L. plantarum</i> H15, H21, H24, and H28). A significantly high percentage of hydrophobicity in n-hexane was observed with <i>L. plantarum</i> H47 (71.99¡À1.39) followed by <i>L. plantarum</i> H28 (65.68¡À1.49) while the highest value in the presence of chloroform, belonging <i>L. plantarum</i> H24 and <i>L. plantarum</i> H28 (28.39¡À0.88 and 23.58¡À0.68 respectively). Both the Intact Cells (ICs) and Cell-Free Supernatants (CFSs) of <i>L. plantarum</i> H24 strain displayed the higher percentage (p 0.05) of DPPH radical scavenging activity (76.58¡À0.55% and 59.13¡À4.01% respectively). With the HRS activity, ICs of <i>L. plantarum </i>H24 strain exhibited the highest (p > 0.05) activity (73.37¡À0.62%) whereas, the CFS of <i>L. plantarum</i> H47 was the best (29.49¡À1.28%, p > 0.05). In all-purpose, based on PCA, <i>L. plantarum</i> H28, and <i>L. plantarum</i> H24 seem to be quite promising as they possessed the best properties tested. Accordingly, they can be chosen as representative of the potential probiotic strains.},
doi={10.12691/ajmr-6-1-1}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}