Table 1

		*L. plantarum*	*L. rhamnosus*
Gastric Juice Tolerance	log₁₀ CFU/ml at 0 min	11.45 ± 0.21	11.66 ± 0.26
Gastric Juice Tolerance	log₁₀ CFU/ml at 120 min	10.38 ± 0.01	10.58 ± 0.15
Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (μg/ml)	Streptomycin	256	128
	Ampicillin	128	64
	Tetracycline	32	16
	Chloramphenicol	4	2
Bile Salt Hydrolase Activity (nmoles/ml/min)		255 ± 17.32	253 ± 12.58
Cholesterol reduction (μg/ml)	After 24 h of incubation	25 ± 4.97	22 ± 7.64

The data presented in this table are means of three replicates ± standard deviation

Table 1: Probiotic evaluation of L. plantarum and L. rhamnosus.