Table 1.

Composition of the diets

Diet	n-3 diet (%)	n-6/n-3 diet (%)	n-6 diet (%)
Casein	20·0	20·0	20·0
Potato starch	54·0	54·0	54·0
Glucose	10·0	10·0	10·0
Cellulosal flour	4·0	4·0	4·0
Mineral mix*	4·0	4·0	4·0
Vitamin mix†	1·0	1·0	1·0
Linseed oil	7·0
Soybean oil		7·0
Sunflower oil			7·0
Fatty acids (mol%)
16:0	14	12	8
16:1	0·3	0·1	0·1
18:0	6·1	3·9	4·2
18:1	32	21	22
18:2(n-6)	14	56	65
20:0	0·3	0·4	0·3
18:3(n-3)	33	6·2	0·3
n-6/n-3	0·4	9	216

^*Salt mixture containing (wt%): KH₂PO₄ (34·1); CaCO₃ (35·9); KCl (2·5); NaCl (18); MgSO₄xH₂O (5·1); FeC₆H₅O₇x5H₂O (3·3); MnO (0·27); Cu₂C₆H₄O₇x2·5H₂O (0·06); ZnCO₃ (0·04); CoCl₂x6 H₂O (0·002); KAl(SO₄)₂x2H₂O (0·008); NaF (0·025); KIO₃ (0·009); Na₂B₄O₇x10H₂O (0·002); Na₂SeO₃x5H₂O (0·001); Na₂MoO₄x2H₂O (0·001).

^†Vitamin mixture containing: Vit A 11·9 IU/g. Vit D₃ 1·5 IU/g. Vit B₁ 4 µg/g. Vit B₂ 12 µg/g. Vit B₆ 5 µg/g. Ca-pantotenate 45% 11 µg/g. Niacin 40 µg/g. Vit B₁₂ 0·02 µg/g. Vit K₃ 7·75 µg/g. Biotin 2% 3 µg/g. Vit C 500 µg/g. Inositol 30 µg/g. Vit E 42 µg/g. Choline chloride 50% 1 mg/g. Folic acid 0·5 µg/g.