Bioassessment of flaxseed powder and extract against hyperglycemia and hypercholesterolemia using Sprague Dawley rats

Clinical Phytoscience

International Journal of Phytomedicine and Phytotherapy

Table 1 Diet composition

Ingredients (%)	Study I (Normal diet)			Study II (Hyperglycemic diet)			Study III (Hypercholesterolemic diet)
Ingredients (%)	Control	Functional diet	Nutraceutical diet	Control	Functional diet	Nutraceutical diet	Control	Functional diet	Nutraceutical diet
Corn oil	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Corn starch	66	56	61	26	16	21	64.5	54.5	59.5
Casein	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Cellulose	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Mineral mix	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Vitamin mix	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Sucrose	–	–	–	40	40	40	–	–	–
Cholesterol	–	–	–	–	–	–	1.5	1.5	1.5
Flaxseed powder	–	10	–	–	10	–	–	10	–
Flaxseed extract	–	–	5	–	–	5	–	–	5

Mineral mix (per 100 g D.W.) calcium: 7.8 g, phosphorus: 7.6 g, potassium: 6.9 g, sulfur: 1.8 g, magnesium: 1.5 g, sodium: 1.5 g, choline: 0.35 g, iron: 190 mg, manganese: 90 mg, zinc: 54 mg, copper: 7 mg, selenium: 4 mg, cobalt: 4 mg and iodine: 1 mg
Vitamin mix (per 100 g D.W.) cholecalciferol: 2000 IU, vitamin A palmitate: 1442 IU, niacin: 7.7 mg, folacin: 5.4 mg, α-tocopherol acetate: 4.1 mg, pyridoxine: 1.9 mg, thiamin: 1.2 mg, vitamin B₁₂: 1.0 mg, vitamin B₃: 0.9 mg, riboflavin: 0.4 mg and vitamin K₃: 0.1 mg