LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM WITH BODY-FAT REDUCING ACTIVITY AND THE FOODS CONTAINING THEM

摘要

The present invention relates to Lactobacillus strain with a body-fat reducing activity and provides Lactobacillus plantarum Strain PL62 KCCM- 10655P. The strain of the invention can be directly used as body-fat reducing functional foods, or can be used as additives of body-fat reducing functional foods or a ferment starter strain of body-fat reducing functional fermented foods. Body- fat inhibiting materials that the strain of the present invention produce can be isolated to be used. In addition, in case that fermented foods are produced using the strain the invention provides conditions capable of having a maximal body-fat reducing effect.