Table 1.

The composition of the experimental diets

¹⁾AIN-76 vitamin mix (g/kg mix): thiamin·HCl 0.6, riboflavin 0.6, pyridoxine HCl 0.7, nicotinic acid 3, D-calcium pantothenate 1.6, folic acid 0.2, cyanocobalamin 0.001, retinyl palmitate 0.8 (500,000 IU/g), DL-α-tocopherol acetate 20 (2501 IU/g), cholecalciferol 0.0025, menaquinone 0.005, and sucrose to make 1kg

²⁾AIN-76 mineral mix (g/kg mix) : calcium phosphate dibasic 500, sodium chloride 74, potassium citrate monohydrate 220, potassium sulfate 52, magnesiumoxide 24, manganous carbohydrate 3.5, ferric citrate 6, zinc carbonate 1.6, cupric carbonate 0.3, potassium iodate 0.01, sodium selenite 0.01, chromium potassium sulfate 0.55, and sucrose to make 1kg.

³⁾Isovone 40 (Product No. HF-2002-038, Bioland Inc. Seoul, Korea) contains 40.9% of the total pure isoflavone which consists of 36.9% total aglycone type (22% daidzein, 11.7% glycitein, 6.39% genistein) and 4% of a total glycoside type.