Table 1.

Composition of diet (g/100 g).

Ingredients	Control diet	High-fructose diet
Corn starch	60	—
Fructose	—	60
Casein (fat free)	20	20
Methionine	0.7	0.7
Groundnut oil	5	5
Wheat bran	10.6	10.6
Salt mixture ♣	3.5	3.5
Vitamin mixture *	0.2	0.2

^♣ The composition of mineral mix (g/Kg)—MgSO₄ · 7H₂O-30.5; NaCl-65.2; KCl-105.7; KH₂PO₄-200.2; MgCO₃-3.65; Mg(OH)₂ · 3H₂O-38.8; FeC₆H₅O₇ · 5H₂O-40.0; CaCO₃-512.4; KI-0.8; NaF-0.9; CuSO₄ · 5H₂O-1.4; MnSO₄-0.4, and CONH₃-0.05.

* One kilogram of vitamin mix contained thiamine mononitrate, 3 g; riboflavin, 3 g; pyridoxine HCl, 3.5 g; nicotinamide, 15 g; d-calcium pantothenate, 8 g; folic acid,1 g; d-biotin, 0.1 g; cyanocobalamin, 5 mg; vitamin A acetate, 0.6 g; α-tocopherol acetate, 25 g, and choline chloride, 10 g.