Table 2 Ingredient and fatty acid compositions of experimental diets
Amount (g/100 g diet) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n-3 Adq | n-3 Def | DHA-PC | DHA-TG + PC | DHA-TG + α-GPC | |
Casein, vitamin free | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
Sucrose | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Cornstarch | 39.749 | 39.749 | 39.749 | 39.749 | 39.749 |
Maltose-dextrin | 13.2 | 13.2 | 13.2 | 13.2 | 13.2 |
Cellulose | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Mineral-salt mix | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
Vitamin mix | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
L-Cystine | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
Choline bitartrate | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 |
TBHQ | 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.002 |
Fat | |||||
Hydrogenated coconut oil | 5.33 | 5.59 | 4.22 | 3.88 | 4.56 |
Safflower oil | 1.33 | 1.41 | 1.41 | 1.41 | 1.41 |
Flaxseed oil | 0.34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
DHA-PC | 0 | 0 | 1.37 | 0 | 0 |
DHA-TG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.63 | 0.63 |
Egg-PC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.08 | 0 |
α-GPC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.40 |
Fatty acid composition (%) | |||||
SFAs | 73.01 | 79.79 | 71.33 | 70.1 | 72.7 |
MUFAs | 3.94 | 3.36 | 5.61 | 4.65 | 4.77 |
18:2n-6 | 15.16 | 14.83 | 14.51 | 14.45 | 14.69 |
18:3n-3 | 2.97 | 0.08 | 0.1 | 0.13 | 0.16 |
20:4n-6 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
20:5n-3 | nd | nd | 1.58 | 0.43 | 0.54 |
22:6n-3 | nd | nd | 4.18 | 5.31 | 5.16 |
N-6/ N-3 | 5.10 | 185.38 | 2.52 | 2.52 | 2.58 |