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Table 1 Composition of Western type diets

From: Dietary carbohydrate source influences molecular fingerprints of the rat faecal microbiota

Animal no.

17–24

25–32

33–40

41–48

49–56

Western type diets containing (g/kg)

Control#

Sucrose

Potato starch

Inulin

Oligofructose

Sucrose

0

150

0

0

0

Potato starch

0

0

150

0

0

Inulin (Raftiline®)

0

0

0

150

0

Oligofructose (Raftilose®)

0

0

0

0

150

Caseinate

200

200

200

200

200

Cornstarch

592

442

442

442

442

Soy oil

70

70

70

70

70

Corn oil

80

80

80

80

80

Cellulose

12

12

12

12

12

Mineral mixturea

32

32

32

32

32

Vitamin mixtureb

14

14

14

14

14

  1. a Containing in mg/kg diet: 5000 Ca; 3100 P; 3600 K; 300 S; 2500 Na; 1500 Cl; 600 Mg; 34 Fe; 30 Zn; 10 Mn; 0.20 I; 0.15 Mo; 0.15 Se; 2.5 Si; 1.0 Cr; 1.0 F; 0.5 Ni; 0.5 B; 0.1 B; 0.1 V; 0.07 Co.
  2. b Containing in mg/kg diet: 5000 (IU) vitamin A; 1000 (IU) vitamin D3; 50 (IU) vitamin E; 5 thiamin; 6 riboflavin; 8 pyridoxol; 2 folic acid; 0.3 D-biotin; 0.03 vitamin B-12; 20 pantothenate; 2600 cholinhydrogentartrat; 400 inositol; 40 nicotinic acid; 1 phylloquinine; 40 p-aminobenzoic acid; 1000 methionine; 2000 L-cystine.
  3. # Serves as reference group.