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Purified Reference Diets for Weanling Rats: Effects of Biotin and Cellulose

Jeanne I. Rader^*, Karen A. Wolnik, Cynthia M. Gaston, Fred L. Fricke and M. R. Spivey Fox^*

^* Division of Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Washington, DC 20204 Elemental Analysis Research Center, FDA, 1141 Central Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Standardized purified diets limited to required nutrients are needed for nutritional and toxicological studies. In the present study, we formulated a biotin- and cellulose-free diet of reproducible mineral composition (diet A), based on diet AIN-76, and fed it to weanling Long-Evans rats for 3 wk. Inductively coupled argon plasma atomic emission spectrometry was used to determine Ca, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Na, P and Zn in liver, duodenum, kidney, spleen and femur. Results were compared with those obtained with rats fed biotin- and/or cellulose-supplemented variations of diet A, diet AIN-76 and diet NIH-31 (an open-formula stock diet). Weanling rats grew slowly and steadily on purified diet A. Growth rates increased when diet A was supplemented with biotin and cellulose. In general, differences among tissue mineral levels in rats fed diet NIH-31 and those fed diet AIN-76 were more pronounced than those among groups fed our purified diets. Values for hemoglobin and hematocrit were significantly lower in rats fed all purified diets than in those fed diet NIH-31. Diets A + biotin, A + cellulose and A + cellulose + biotin appear satisfactory as reference diets for measuring mineral interactions at near-requirement levels as well as effects of fiber on mineral utilization or for studies on vitamins whose endogenous synthesis may be influenced by dietary fiber.

KEY WORDS: • reference diets • biotin • fiber • tissue mineral levels • atomic emission spectrometry • trace elements • major elements

Manuscript received 2 December 1985. Revision accepted 21 March 1986.

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