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