Table 1.
Ingredient | AIN | Tomato1 | Placebo2 | Lycopene3 |
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g/kg diet |
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Cornstarch | 398 | 331 | 398 | 398 |
Casein | 200 | 188 | 200 | 200 |
Maltodextrin | 102 | 132 | 102 | 102 |
Sucrose | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Nonnutritive cellulose | 50 | 34 | 50 | 50 |
Mineral mix4 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 |
Vitamin mix5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
L-Cystine | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Choline bitartrate | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
Soybean oil | 100 | 65 | 100 | 100 |
TP | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
10% LYC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
PB | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 |
As measured by HPLC; the tomato powder (FutureCeuticals, Momence, IL) diet contained 181 ± 42 nmol lycopene, 10.1 nmol phytoene, 2.6 nmol phytofluene and 0.8 nmol β-carotene per gram of diet.
As measured by HPLC; the placebo beadlet (DSM) diet provided 0 mg carotenoids/g diet.
As measured by HPLC; the lycopene-beadlet (10% DSM) diet provided 152 ± 7 nmol lycopene per gram of diet.
AIN93M-MX formulation.
AIN93-VX formulation with 1.57 mol retinyl palmitate/g diet.