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Table 1 Composition of experimental diets

From: RETRACTED ARTICLE: High bioavailablilty iron maize (Zea mays L.) developed through molecular breeding provides more absorbable iron in vitro (Caco-2 model) and in vivo (Gallus gallus)

Ingredient

"High+Fe" Diet

"High" Diet

"Low+Fe" Diet

"Low" Diet

g/Kg diet (by formulation)

High-Fe bioavailability Maize (21 μg Fe/g)

750

750

-

-

Low-Fe bioavailability Maize (20 μg Fe/g)

-

-

750

750

Dry skim milk

100

100

100

100

DL-Methionine

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

Corn oil

30

30

30

30

Corn starch

46.50

46.75

46.50

46.75

Choline Chloride

0.75

0.75

0.75

0.75

Vit/Min1 (no Fe)

70

70

70

70

Ferric citrate

0.25

-

0.25

-

Total

1000

1000

1000

1000

Concentrations of selected components means±SEM, n=10 (by analysis)4

Fe, μgFe/g diet2

65.3±0.9a

24.5±1.0b

66.1±2.4a

23.6±0.2b

Phytate, μmol/g diet3

10.2 ± 0.2a

10.1 ±0.2a

10.1 ± 0.2a

10.0 ±0.2a

  1. 1Vitamin and mineral premix provided/kg diet (330002 Chick vitamin mixture; 230000 Salt mix for chick diet; Dyets Inc. Bethlehem, PA).
  2. 2Dietary iron concentrations analysis is described in the materials and methods section.
  3. 3Method for determining phytate contents are described in the materials and methods section.
  4. 4Values are means±SEM. a,bWithin a row, means without a common letter are significantly different, P < 0.05.