Effects of two Lactobacillus strains on lipid metabolism and intestinal microflora in rats fed a high-cholesterol diet

Table 3 Degrees of liver lipid deposition

Group	Degree of fatty deposition* (n = 10 per group)
	-	+	++	+++
Control	10	0	0	0
Model	0	6	4	0
L.9-41-A	8	2	0	0
L.M1-16	7	2	1	0

Control group: normal diet; model group: high-cholesterol diet; L.9-41-A group: high-cholesterol diet + L. plantarum 9-41-A; L.M1-16 group: high-cholesterol diet+ L. fermentum M1-16.
*Standard of classification and score for the degree of lipid deposition: +, mild fatty degeneration, fatty hepatocytes occupy 30-50% of the hepatic parenchyma; ++, moderate fatty degeneration, fatty hepatocytes occupy 50-75% of the hepatic parenchyma; +++, severe fatty degeneration, fatty hepatocytes occupy > 75% of the hepatic parenchyma.

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