The results indicate that ultrasound alone could initiate lipid peroxidation and lecithoid configuration degradation resulting in membrane fluidity decline.
Moreover, increased breakdown of arachidonic acid results in increased production of proinflammatory lipid mediators like prosta glandines, thromboxanes and leukotrienes.
Bile tolerance, deconjugation of conjugated bile salt (sodium taurocholate), and cholesterol-assimilating ability of 8 strains from Lactobacillus plantarum were examined.