Table 1.

Composition of the experimental diets (%)

	NC1)	HF	HF-WG	HF-RG	HF-AG4	HF-AG5
Casein	20.00	23.31	23.31	23.31	23.31	23.31
Sucrose	20.14	20.14	20.14	20.14	20.14
Dextrose	50.00	11.65	7.65	7.65	7.65	7.65
Corn starch	15.00	8.48	8.48	8.48	8.48	8.48
Cellulose	5.00	5.83	5.83	5.83	5.83	5.83
Soybean oil	5.00	2.91	2.91	2.91	2.91	2.91
Lard		20.69	20.69	20.69	20.69	20.69
Mineral mixture2)	3.50	5.24	5.24	5.24	5.24	5.24
Vitamin mixture3)	1.00	1.17	1.17	1.17	1.17	1.17
L-Cystine	0.30	0.35	0.35	0.35	0.35	0.35
Choline bitartrate	0.20	0.23	0.23	0.23	0.23	0.23
WG			4.00
RG				4.00
AG4					4.00
AG5						4.00
Total (%)	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Calorie (kcal/g)	385.00	466.72	466.72	466.72	466.72	466.72

¹⁾NC, normal control diet; HF, high fat diet; HF-WG, high fat diet + white ginseng; HF-RG, high fat diet + red ginseng; HF-AG4, high fat diet + aged 4-year-old ginseng; HF-AG5, high fat diet + aged 5-year-old ginseng.

²⁾AIN-76 mineral mixture.

³⁾AIN-vitamin mixture.