Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Table 1 Composition of the experimental diet used in the study

From: Folate-deficiency induced cell-specific changes in the distribution of lymphocytes and granulocytes in rats

Ingredient (g/kg diet)	Group
Ingredient (g/kg diet)	CON	FAD
Vitamin free casein	200	200
l-Cystine	3	3
Cornstarch	397.5	397.5
α-Cornstarch	132	132
Sucrose	90	90
Soybean oil	70	70
Cellulose	50	50
s93g	35	35
Vitamin mix (AIN-93G-VX + folate)^a	10	–
Vitamin mix (AIN-93G-VX − folate)^b	–	10
Choline bitartrate	2.5	2.5
tert-Butylhydroquinone	0.014	0.014
Succinyl sulfathiazole	10	10

CON Control group, FAD folate-deficient group
^aVitamin mix (AIN-93G-VX + folate), with folate at a normal dietary level (20 mg/100 g diet)
^bVitamin mix (AIN-93G-VX + folate), with folate at a deficient dietary level (7 μg/100 g diet)

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