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. 2013 May 3;10(7):1107–1116. doi: 10.4161/rna.24909

Table 1. Composition of custom mouse diets.

Custom diet Composition
Vegetarian diet Ground wheat, ground corn, wheat middlings, corn gluten meal, calcium carbonate, dicalcium phosphate, soybean oil, brewers dried yeast, iodized salt, l-lysine, DL-methionine, choline chloride, magnesium oxide, vitamin E acetate, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of vitamin K activity), manganous oxide, ferrous sulfate, zinc oxide, niacin, calcium pantothenate, copper sulfate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, thiamin mononitrate, vitamin A acetate, calcium iodate, vitamin B12 supplement, folic acid, biotin, vitamin D3 supplement, cobalt carbonate.
Soy-enriched diet Isolated soy protein, DL-methionine, sucrose, corn starch, corn oil, cellulose, mineral mix, calcium carbonate, p-amionbenzoic acid, vitamin C, biotin, vitamin B12, calcium pantothenate, choline dihydrogen citrate, folic acid (irradiated), inositol, niacin, pyridoxine, riboflavin, thiamin HCL, vitamin A palmitate, vitamin D3 cholecalciferol, vitamin E DL-α tocopheryl acetate
Casein and lard diet Casein, L-cystine, maltodextrin, sucrose, lard, soybean oil, cellulose, mineral mix, calcium phosphate, vitamin mix, choline bitartrate, blue food color