Lipids in Health and Disease

Table 2 Composition of diets enriched with either lard (control), saury oil, EPA, or LCMUFA fed to mice for 18 or 8 weeks

From: Long-term dietary supplementation with saury oil attenuates metabolic abnormalities in mice fed a high-fat diet: combined beneficial effect of omega-3 fatty acids and long-chain monounsaturated fatty acids

		Experiment 1	Experiment 2
Ingredient (g/kg)	Lard	Saury oil	EPA	LCMUFA
Casein	258	258	258	258
L-cysteine	4	4	4	4
Maltodextrin 10	162	162	162	162
Sucrose	89	89	89	89
Cellulose	65	65	65	65
Mineral mixture	13	13	13	13
Vitamin mixture	13	13	13	1.3
Choline bitartrate	3	3	3	3
Soybean oil	32	32	32	32
Experimental oils
Lard	320	220	280	200
Saury oil	0	100	0	0
EPA	0	0	40	0
LCMUFA	0	0	0	120
Nutritional values
Energy content, MJ/kg	23	23	23	23
Protein, % of energy	14	14	14	14
Carbohydrate, % of energy	26	26	26	26
Fat, % of energy	60	60	60	60

Experiment 1, mice were fed diets enriched with lard or saury oil for 18 weeks; Experiment 2, mice were fed diets enriched with lard, EPA, or LCMUFA for 8 weeks

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