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Table 1 Composition of test diets 1

From: Dietary phytosterols and phytostanols decrease cholesterol levels but increase blood pressure in WKY inbred rats in the absence of salt-loading

 

Control diet

Phytosterol diet

Phytostanol diet

Ingredient

g/kg diet

Vitamin free casein

222.0

222.0

222.0

Soybean oil

100.0

100.0

100.0

Phytosterols 2

---

2.0

---

Phytostanols 3

---

---

2.0

Cornstarch

477.5

475.5

475.5

Granulated sugar

100.0

100.0

100.0

Cellulose (alphacel)

50.0

50.0

50.0

Miscellaneous 4

50.5

50.5

50.5

Sterol composition

   

Cholesterol

0.0

0.0

0.0

Total phytosterols 5

0.2

2.1

0.2

Total phytostanols 6

0.0

0.0

1.7

Total phytosterols and phytostanols

0.2

2.1

1.9

  1. 1Based on the AIN-93G diet (American Institute of Nutrition, 1993). All ingredients, except phytosterols and phytostanols, were purchased from Harlan Teklad (Madison, WI).
  2. 2Phytosterols isolated from canola oil deodorizer distillate (CanAmera Foods, Altona, MB, Canada).
  3. 3Phytostanols were hydrogenated from phytosterols (POS Pilot Plant Corporation, Saskatoon, SK, Canada).
  4. 493G-MX Mineral mix (35.0 g/kg), 93-VX Vitamin mix (10.0 g/kg), L-cystine (3.0 g/kg), choline bitartrate (2.5 g/kg) and tert-butylhydroquinone (0.014 g/kg).
  5. 5Total phytosterols include campesterol, beta-sitosterol, stigmasterol, brassicasterol, and delta 5,24- stigmastadienol.
  6. 6Total phytostanols include campestanol and sitostanol.