Table 1 Diet Composition

Ingredient* Modified Forrester Potato Lettuce + Potato Lettuce Rolled Oats 20 gm 20 gm 20 gm 20 gm Torula Yeast 30 30 30 30 Lactalbumin hydroysate 15 15 15 15 Caesin (high N) 5 5 5 5 Fructose 8 10 10 10 Sucrose 2 - - - Salt 2a 2b 2b 2b Citric Acid 0.75 - - - ß-sitosterol 0.25 0.5 0.5 0.5 Cholesterol 0.25 - - - Vitamins 3c 6d 6d 6d 3e) - - - Sorbic Acid 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 Methyl Paraben 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 Neomycin Sulfate 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 Tomato Fruit Powder 6.25 6.25 5 6.25 Potato Leaf Powder 12.5 12.5 3.75 - Lettuce Leaf Powder - - 12.5 12.5 Agar (150 mesh) 7 7 7 7 Vegetable Oil 1 mlf 1 mlg 1 mlg 1 mlg Wheat Germ Oil 1 ml 1 ml 1 ml 1 ml Water 384 ml 384 ml 384 ml 384 ml

*Rolled oats (Quaker Old Fashioned), agar (#7060), lactalbumin hydrolysate (#1280), casein (#1100), Beck's salt mix (F8537), USP salt mix (#F8650) Roche vitamin mix (#6265), Vanderzant vitamin mixture (#F8045), vitamin fortification mixture (#F8095) and sorbic acid (#6967) were purchased from Bioserve (Frenchtown, NY, USA); the torula yeast (#903085), and neomycin sulfate (#100541) were purchased from ICN Biomedicals (Aurora, OH, USA); and the beta-sitosterol (#21600) and methyl paraben (#19160) were purchased from USB (Cleveland, OH, USA). The Wesson oil was soybean based. aUSP eFortified Vitamin bBeck's fsoybean cVanderzant fsoybean dRoche gWesson