Table 1 |
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Composition of the experimental diets for Sprague-Dawley rats |
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| Ingredients |
Content (%) |
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| Casein |
20.0 |
| Sucrose |
50.0 |
| Cornstarch |
15.0 |
| Fiber |
5.0 |
| Corn oil |
5.0 |
| DL-methionine |
0.3 |
| AIN-Vitamin premixa |
1.0 |
| AIN-Mineral premixb |
3.5 |
| Choline bitartrate |
0.2 |
| Calculated value: |
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| Crude protein, % |
18.78 |
| Metabolizable energy, kJ/g |
14.85 |
| Lysine, % |
1.42 |
| Methionine, % |
0.49 |
| Ca, % |
0.85 |
| P, % |
0.67 |
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aAIN vitamin mixture ingredient: Vitamin A, 22.01 IU/g; Vitamin D3, 4.5 IU/g; Vitamin E, 49.01 IU/g; Carotene, 4.5 ppm; Vitamin K, 0.5 ppm; Thiamin, 17.2 ppm; Riboflavine, 8.0 ppm; Niacin, 123.7 ppm; Pantothenic acid, 24.0 ppm; Folic acid, 5.9 ppm; Pyridoxine, 6.0 ppm; Biotin, 0.2 ppm; B12, 22.0 mcg/kg. bAIN mineral mixture ingredient: CaHPO4, 50%; NaCl, 7.4%; K3C6O5O7.H2O, 22%; K2SO4, 5.2%; MgO, 2.4%; MnSO4, 0.35%; FeSO4, 0.6%; ZnO, 0.16%; CuSO4, 0.03%; KIO3, 0.001%; Na2SeO3.5H2O, 0.001%; CrK(SO4)2. 12H2O, 0.055%. |
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Lien et al. Nutrition & Metabolism 2009 6:15 doi:10.1186/1743-7075-6-15 |
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