Antiatherogenic Potential of Nigella sativa Seeds and Oil in Diet-Induced Hypercholesterolemia in Rabbits

Table 1

Diet ingredient prepared for the experimental rabbits.

Ingredient	Mixture of diet (%)
Soybean	15
Corn	30
Palm kernel meal	36
Starch	10
Molasses	2
Corn oil	2
Vitamins mixture^a	0.3
Mineral mixture^b	3.5
DL-methionine	0.2
CaCO3	0.5
CaHPO4	0.5
Total	100

^aThe vitamin premix provided (mg kg⁻¹ feed): thiamin 60, riboflavin 22.5, niacinamide 152, calcium pantothenate 56, choline chloride 2000, inositol 1000, folic acid 8.5, biotin 1, pyridoxine-hydrochloride 22.5, p-aminobenzoic acid 500, Vitamin B12 0.015, DL-tocopheryl acetate 50, menadione 4, retinyl acetate and retinyl palmitate 30 (15  000 IU), cholecalciferol 30 (3000 IU), Vitamin C 400.
^bThe mineral premix provided (mg kg⁻¹ feed): sodium citrate dihydrate, FeSO₄·7H₂O 900, MnO₂ 140, KAl(SO₄)₂⋅12H₂O 200, ZnSO₄⋅H₂O 125, KBr 20, NiSO₄⋅6H₂O 8.5, CuSO₄·5H₂O 100, CoSO₄⋅7H₂O 5, Na₂MoO₄⋅2H₂O 5, KI 5, As₂O₃ 0.2, NaF 8.5, Na₂B₄O₇⋅10H₂O 5, Na₂SeO₃⋅5H₂O.