This was his original basal diet but later he modified it by adopting the
McCollum method of carrying his "B" vitamine on the dextrin. This was
usually the alcohol extract of 20 grams of wheat embryo. In the following
diets the presence of this extract is indicated by the letter (x)
following the dextrin.

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INGREDIENTS | | | | | |
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Casein . . . . . . . . . | 18.0 | 18.0 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 16.0 | 12.0
Salt 185. . . . . . . . . | 4.0 | 4.0 | | | |
Salt 32 . . . . . . . . . | | | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 2.0
Salt 35 . . . . . . . . . | | | | | 2.5 | 2.5
Dextrin (x) . . . . . . . | 76.0 | 71.0 | 78.0 | 57.0 | |
Butter fat . . . . . . . | | 5.0 | | 5.0 | |
Beets . . . . . . . . . . | | | | 15.0 | |
Potatoes . . . . . . . . | | | | | 79.5 |
Dasheens . . . . . . . . | | | | | | 83.5
Agar . . . . . . . . . . | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | |
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_Steenbock's salt mixtures_

McCollum's no. 185; see page 44.
No. 32 consisted of: _grams_
NaCl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.202
Anhydrous MgSO_4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.311