Dietary intervention with narrow-leaved cattail rhizome flour (Typha angustifolia L.) prevents intestinal inflammation in the trinitrobenzenesulphonic acid model of rat colitis

Table 1 Ingredient composition of the diets fed to rats (g/100 g)

Ingredients	Control diet	5% rhizome diet	10% rhizome diet	20% rhizome diet
Protein mix	23.0	21.85	20.7	18.5
Mineral mix¹	12.0	11.40	10.8	9.7
Fiber	5.0	4.75	4.5	3.6
Vitamin mix²	1.0	0.95	0.9	0.8
Fat	10.0	9.5	9.0	8.0
Fatty acids	5.5	5.22	4.95	4.4
Corn starch	32.0	30.40	28.8	25.7
Sugar mix	6.0	5.7	5.4	4.9
Soybean meal	2.5	2.38	2.25	2.0
Wheat bran	3.0	2.85	2.7	2.4
Cattail flour³	-	5.0	10.0	20.0

¹ Mineral mixture provided the following amounts (mg/Kg): Mg, 1.7; Mn, 110.0; I, 1.0; Co, 2.0; Fe, 180.0; Zn, 110.0; Cu, 30.0, Se, 0.2, Na, 2.8, P, 8.5; Ca, 13.0.
²Vitamin mixture provided the following amounts (mg/Kg/diet): vitamin A (25600 UI); vitamin D3 (4000 UI); vitamin E (82 mg); vitamin K (6.4 mg), vitamin B12 (40 μg); vitamin B6 (11 mg), folic acid (13 mg); choline (2800 mg), biotin (0.16 mg), niacin (220 mg), thiamine (11 mg). pantothenic acid (90 mg)
³Rhizomes of cattail (Typha angustifolia L.) containing total fiber (17.25), protein (5.81%), lipids (0.90%), ash (8.80%) and non-nitrogenated coumpounds (67.29%)[15].

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