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Table 1 Chow nutritional information and ingredients

From: Dietary composition modulates brain mass and solubilizable Aβ levels in a mouse model of aggressive Alzheimer's amyloid pathology

  

High fat

High carbohydrate

High protein

Regular Chow

  

g %

kcal %

g %

kcal %

g %

kcal %

kcal %

Protein

 

39

30

29

30

65

60

29

Carbohydrate

 

13

10

58

60

11

10

58

Fat

 

35

60

4

10

14

30

13

Total

  

100

 

100

 

100

100

Total kcal/g

 

5.2

 

3.8

 

4.3

  

Ingredients

 

g

kcal

g

kcal

g

m cal

 

Casein, 80 mesh

 

300

1200

300

1200

600

2400

 

L-Cystine

 

4.5

18

4.5

18

9

36

 

Corn starch

 

0

0

264

1056

0

0

 

Maltodextrin 10

 

80

320

35

140

80

320

 

Sucrose

 

12.25

49

299.

1198

11.5

46

 

Cellulose BW200

 

50

0

50

0

50

0

 

Soybean Oil

 

25

225

25

225

25

225

 

Lard

 

245

2205

20

180

110

990

 

Mineral

Mix

10

0

10

0

10

0

 

Dialcium

 

13

0

13

0

13

0

 

Calcium

 

5.5

0

5.5

0

5.5

0

 

Potassium

 

16.5

0

16.5

0

16.5

0

 

Vitamin

Mix

10

40

10

40

10

40

 

Choline

 

2

0

2

0

2

0

 

Cholesterol

 

0

0

0.21

0

0.068

0

 

Total

 

773.8

4057

1055

4057

942.62

4057

 
  1. For the Regular Chow (reference Rodent Chow 5010) the ingredients were: Protein 24.6%, Fat (ether extract) 4.8%, Fat (acid hydrolysis) 5.5%, Fiber (crude) 4.1%, Nitrogen-Free extract (by difference) 76.6%, Gross Energy kcal/g 4.14, Minerals and vitamins.