MP Biomedicals AIN-93G Diet, Powder

Provides growth, pregnancy, and lactation for adult maintenance.

Catalog Number	Mfr. No.	Quantity
MP296039810	MP Biomedicals 0296039810	10 kg
MP296039820	MP Biomedicals 0296039820	20 kg
MP296039850	MP Biomedicals 0296039850	50 kg

Description

Two new formulations were derived: AIN-93G for growth, pregnancy, and lactation; and AIN-93M for adult maintenance. Some major differences in the new formulation of AIN-93G compared with AIN-76A are as follows: 7 grams soybean oil/100 grams diet was substituted for 5 grams corn oil/100 grams diet to increase the amount of linolenic acid; corn-starch was substituted for sucrose; the amount of phosphorus was reduced to help eliminate the problem of kidney calcification in female rats; L-cystine was substituted for DL-methionine as the amino acid supplement for casein, known to be deficient in the sulfur amino acids; manganese concentration was lowered to one fifth the amount in the old diet; the amounts of Vitamin E, Vitamin K, and Vitamin B12 were increased; and molybdenum, silicon, fluoride, nickel, boron, lithium, and vanadium were added to the mineral mix. For the AIN-93M maintenance diet, the amount of fat was lowered to 40 g/kg diet from 70 g/kg diet, and the amount of casein to 140 g/kg from 200 g/kg in the AIN-93G diet. Because of a better balance of essential nutrients, the AIN-93 diets may prove to be a better choice than AIN-93A for long-term as well as short-term studies with laboratory rodents. J. Nutr., v. 123: 1939-1951 (1993).

Specifications

• Product Type: Animal Diet
• Disposable: Single-use
• Sterility: Non-sterile
• Length (English): 1 ft.

• Autoclavable: Autoclavable
• Format: Powder
• Storage Requirements: Refrigerated
• Length (Metric): 0.3048 m

Unless specified otherwise, MP Biomedical's products are for research or further manufacturing use only, not for direct human use.