Table 1.
Composition of exper imental diet.

Component1)	Control(g/Kg)	Turmeric powder 50% EtOH extract (g/Kg)
Corn starch	277	268
t-butylhydroquinone(TBHQ)	0.028	0.028
Casein	217	217
Sucrose	109	106
Dextrose	143	140
Cellulose	54	54
AIN-93G Mineral Mix	38	38
L-Cystine	3	3
Ethanol extract	0	15
AIN-93G VitaminMix	11	11
Choline Bitartrate	3	3
Corn Oil	145	145

AIN-93G Mineral mixture; Calcium carbonate anhydrous (40.04% Ca) 357 g, Potassium phosphate monobasic (22.76% P, 28.73% K) 196 g, Potassium citrate,tripotassium monohydrate (36.16% K) 70.78 g, Sodium chloride (39.34% Na, 60.66% CI) 74 g, Potassium sulfate (44.87% K, 18.39% S) 46.6 g, Magnesium oxide (60.32% Mg) 24 g, Ferric citrate (16.5% Fe) 6.06 g, Zinc carbonate (52.14% Zn) 1.65 g, Sodium meta-silicater 9H2O (9.88% Si) 1.45 g, Manganous carbonate (47.79% Mn) 0.63 g, Cupric carbonate (57.47% Cu) 0.30 g, Chromium potassium sulfater 12H2O (10.42% Cr) 0.275 g, Boric acid (17.5% B) 81.5 mg, Sodium fluoride (45.24% F) 63.5 mg, Nickel carbonate (45% Ni) 31.8 mg, Lithium chloride (16.38% Li) 17.4 mg, Sodium selenate anhydrous (41.79% Se) 10.25 mg, Potassium iodate (59.3% I) 10.0 mg, Ammonium vanadate (43.55% V) 6.6 mg, Ammonium paramolybdater 4H2O (54.34% Mo) 7.95 mg, Powdered sucrose 221.026 g. AIN-93G Vitamin mixture (22): Nicotinic acid 3 g, Ca pantothenate 1 g, Pyridoxine-HCl 0.7 g, Thiamin-HCl 0.6 g, Riboflavin 0.6 g, Folic acid 0.2 g, Biotin 0.02 g, Vitamin B-12 (cyanocobalamin) (0.1% in mannitol) 2.5 g, Vitamin E (all-rac-a-tocopheryl acetate) (500 IU/g) 15 g, Vitamin A (all-trans-retinyl palmitate) (500,000 IU/g) 0.8 g, Vitamin D-3 (cholecalciferol) (400,000 IU/g) 0.25 g, Vitamin K-1 (phylloquinone) 0.075 g, Powdered sucrose 974.655 g.