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. 2014 Jan 20;9(1):e83437. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083437

Table 1. Formulation of the diets (g/kg of diet) and amino acid profile of the protein sources.

Item CAS WP WPH
Diet Composition
Corn Starch 437.92 427.31 425.00
Dextrinised starch 145.42 141.90 141.13
Sucrose 110.16 107.50 106.92
WPH ------- ------- 156.41
WP ------- 152.77 -------
CAS 135.96 ------- -------
Vegetable oil 70.00 70.00 70.00
Fiber (cellulose) 50.00 50.00 50.00
Mineral mixture 35.00 35.00 35.00
Vitamin mixture 10.00 10.00 10.00
L-Cystine 3.00 3.00 3.00
Choline bitartrate 2.50 2.50 2.50
Tert-butylhydroquinone 0.014 0.014 0.014
Amino acid profile
Aspartate 5.96 11.52 11.16
Glutamate 19.00 18.82 17.99
Serine 4.68 5.31 5.04
Glycine 1.39 1.74 1.75
Histidine 2.12 1.31 1.27
Arginine 3.03 2.66 2.31
Threonine 3.56 7.64 7.40
Alanine 2.30 5.11 4.89
Proline 8.85 5.89 5.68
Tyrosine 4.57 2.88 2.78
Methionine 2.32 2.51 2.52
Cystine 0.16 1.48 1.60
Isoleucine 4.51 6.88 6.97
Leucine 7.62 10.14 10.15
Valine 5.36 5.68 5.81
Phenylalanine 3.89 2.86 2.78
Lysine 6.62 9.20 9.48