Table 1.

Diet formulation for basal and supplemented diets for control and test groups.

Treatment	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5	Gourp 6	Group 7
Skimmed milk	39.4	39.4	39.4	39.4	39.4	39.4	39.4
Oil	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0
Vitamin premix	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0
Corn starch	46.6	46.6	46.6	42.6	42.6	42.6	42.6
Ginger	–	–	–	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0
Total	100 g	100 g	100 g	100 g	100 g	100 g	100 g

Note: Skimmed milk = 32% protein; The vitamin premix (mg or IU/g) h was the following composition; 3200 IU vitamin A, 600 IU vitamin D3, 2.8 mg vitamin E, 0.6 mg vitamin K3, 0.8 mg vitamin B1, 1 mg vitamin B2, 6 mg niacin, 2.2 mg pantothenic acid, 0.8 mg vitamin B6, 0.004 mg vitamin B12, 0.2 mg folic acid, 0.1 mg biotin H2, 70 mg choline chloride, 0.08 mg cobalt, 1.2 mg copper, 0.4 mg iodine, 8.4 mg iron, 16 mg manganese, 0.08 mg selenium, 12.4 mg zinc, 0.5 mg antioxidant.

Group 1: (Control) serve as the normotensive control group placed on a basal diet; Group 2: (Induced) serve as the hypertensive (L-NAME) group placed on a basal diet plus L-NAME; Group 3: (L-NAME + AT) serve as the positive control placed on a basal diet plus L-NAME plus atenolol (antihypertensive drug); Group 4: (RG Normal) serve as the normotensive diet group placed on a diet supplemented with turmeric (4%); Group 5: (RG + L-NAME) serve as the hypertensive diet group placed on a diet supplemented with turmeric (4%) plus L-NAME; Group 6: (WG Normal) serve as the normotensive diet group placed on a diet supplemented with ginger (4%); and Group 7: (WG + L-NAME) serve as the hypertensive diet group placed on a diet supplemented with ginger (4%) plus L-NAME.