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. 2017 Jan 10;9(1):50. doi: 10.3390/nu9010050

Table 1.

The composition of the different diets used in this study. Data are adapted from [22]. Control = control chow; HFD-ED = high fat diet—eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid; HFD-CO = high fat diet—corn oil.

Ingredient (g/100 g Diet) Control HFD-ED HFD-CO
Protein Casein 22.20 25.60 25.60
Carbohydrates Sucrose 5.00 10.00 10.00
Corn starch 56.00 34.80 34.80
Cellulose 5.00 5.80 5.80
Fat Total 5.00 15.00 15.00
Corn oil 2.50 3.00 5.00
Coconut oil 2.50 10.00 10.00
EPAX oils a 0.00 2.00 0.00
Minerals b 2.00 2.50 2.50
Miconutrients c 3.00 3.00 3.00
Choline bitartrate 1.60 2.00 2.00
Cholesterol 0.00 1.00 1.00
Methionine 0.20 0.30 0.30
Energy content (kJ/100 g) 1599 1752 1752
Protein E% 24 25 25
Carbohydrate E% 65 44 44
Fat E% 12 32 32
Fatty acid composition d (mg/g diet)
C10:0 0.20 1.47 1.33
C12:0 2.37 7.58 7.72
C14:0 1.54 4.58 4.78
C16:0 1.90 3.44 3.59
C18:0 0.68 2.26 2.49
SFA 6.70 19.33 19.91
C18:1 n-9 2.82 4.80 5.26
MUFA 2.82 4.80 5.26
C18:2 n-6 3.62 5.03 7.36
C18:3 n-6 0.12 0.22 0.26
Total n-6 PUFA 3.74 5.26 7.62
C20:5 n-3 (EPA) 0.00 2.03 0.01
C22:6 n-3 (DHA) 0.00 4.58 0.01
Total n-3 PUFA 0.00 6.61 0.02

a EPAX 1050. EPAX 6015. b CaCO3 (57.7%); KCl (19.9%); KH2PO4 (11.9%); MgSO4 (10.4%). c Corn starch (98.22%); Ca(IO3)2 (0.0007%); CoCO3 (0.064%); CuO (0.02%); FeSO4 (0.5%); MnO2 (0.035%); Na2MoO4 (0.001%); NaSeO3 (0.0007%); ZnO (0.1%); Vitamin A (0.013%); B2 (Riboflavin-5-phosphate sodium; 0.027%); B3 (0.1%); B5 (Ca Pantothenate; 0.057%); B6 (0.023%); B7 (0.0007%); B9 (0.007%); B12 (0.00008%); D3 (0.007%); E (0.25%); K (0.003%). d Diet analyses were performed in triplicates, and the data were obtained by Gas chromatography mass spectroscopy.