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. 2019 Nov 24;20(23):5895. doi: 10.3390/ijms20235895

Table 2.

Composition of control, high fat diet— eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) (high fat diet (HFD)-ED), or high fat diet—corn oil (HFD-CO) diet [23].

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
Micro nutrients 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/100g) 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 of fatty acids were performed in triplicates, and the data was obtained by gas chromatography mass spectroscopy.