Table 1

Composition of test diets

Ingredient
Standard diet
High fat diet



g/kg diet

Casein1
200
200
Corn starch2
429.5
199.5
Dextrin3
100
100
Sucrose4
100
100
Soy bean oil
70
70
Lard
0
230
Choline bitartrate
2.5
2.5
L-cystine
3
3
Mineral mixture5
35
35
Vitamin mixture5
10
10
Cellulose6
50
50

1 Casein (ALACID; New Zealand Daily Board, Wellington, New Zealand).

2 Corn Starch (α-Corn Starch; Chuou Shokuryo Co., Ltd., Inazawa, Japan).

3 Dextrin (TK-16; Matsutani Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. Itami, Japan).

4 Sucrose (Nippon Beet Sugar Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan).

5 Mineral and vitamin mixtures were prepared according to the AIN-93G formulation.

6 Crystallized cellulose (Ceolus PH102; Asahi Chemical Industry, Tokyo, Japan).

Suzuki and Hara Nutrition & Metabolism 2010 7:19   doi:10.1186/1743-7075-7-19

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