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. 2010 Apr 29;5(4):e10423. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010423

Table 5. AIN-93G-based lycopene, selenium, and vitamin E diet formulations.

Diets Composition (g) Control Lyc1 Se VE Lyc + Se Lyc + VE Se + VE Lyc + Se + VE
Cornstarch 395 395 385 395 385 395 385 385
Casein 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200
Maltodextrin 132 132 132 132 132 132 132 132
Sucrose 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Soybean Oil2 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70
Cellulose 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50
Mineral Mix 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35
Vitamin Mix3 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
L-Cystine 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Choline Bitartrate 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5
Lyc Beadlets4 - 2.5 - - 2.5 2.5 - 2.5
Placebo Beadlets 2.5 - 2.5 2.5 - - 2.5 -
γ-Tocopherol - - - 0.2 - 0.2 0.2 0.2
Se Premix5 - - 10 - 10 - 10 10
Total 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000
1

Lyc, lycopene; Se, selenium; VE, vitamin E.

2

Tocopherol-stripped.

3

27 mg/kg diet as all-rac-α-tocopherol acetate.

4

10% lycopene.

5

200 mg/kg of selenium in cornstarch as methylselenocysteine.