Table I.

Mean vitamin concentrations in meat, liver, tallow and bone marrow of reindeer per 100 g of edible raw tissue

	Meat (n=20)	Liver (n=20)	Tallow (n=15)	Bone marrow (n=10)	RDAc
Vitamin	Mean±SD	Mean±SD	Mean±SD	Mean±SD	Female	Male
Vitamin A (RAE)	19.93±22.55	20915.5±5310.22**	117±22.98**	45.25±47.70	700	900	RAEb
Vitamin B1 (mg)	0.09±0.07	0.33±0.30**	0.03±0.02**	0.02±0.02**	1.1	1.4	mg
Vitamin B2 (mg)	0.26±0.07	2.63±0.15**	0.15±0.04**	0.51±0.46*	1.3	1.7	mg
Vitamin B3 (mg)	4.28±0.51	14.9±4.77**	1.67±1.22 **	n.d.a (<0.2 mg)	15	19	mg
Vitamin B5 (mg)	1.14±1.23	5.85±1.25**	0.41±0.36**	0.18±0.03**	–	–
Vitamin B6 (mg)	0.19±0.04	0.53±0.08**	0.02±0.03**	n.d.a (<0.05 µg)	1.2	1.6	mg
Vitamin B7 (µg)	1.23±1.03	19.45±7.88**	4.3±3.48**	0.29±0.31*	–	–
Vitamin B9 (µg)	n.d.a (<2 µg)	302.78±184.52	n.d.a (<2 µg)	n.d.a (<2 µg)	300	300	µg
Vitamin B12 (µg)	3.34±1.83	161.73±48.48**	2.23±1.64**	1.24±0.59*	2	2	µg
Vitamin C (mg)	n.d.a (<0.1 µg)	11.88±12.93	n.d.a (<0.1 µg)	n.d.a (<0.1 µg)	75	75	mg
Vitamin D2 (µg)	n.d.a (<0.5 µg)	n.d.a (<0.5 µg)	n.d.a (<0.1 µg)	n.d.a (<0.1 µg)	7.5	7.5	µg
Vitamin D3 (µg)	n.d.a (<0.5 µg)	n.d.a (<0.5 µg)	n.d.a (<0.5 µg)	n.d.a (<0.5 µg)
Vitamin E (mg)	0.48±0.30	0.48±0.20	0.46±0.07	2.25±0.47**	8	10	α-TE

^an.d.=Not detected (below the limit of detection).

^bRAE=Retinol activity equivalent (µg).

^cRecommended daily allowance (RDA) for adult males and females based on Nordic nutritional recommendations (28).

α-TE=α-Tocopherol equivalent (mg).

^*Concentrations were significantly different from those in meat (p<0.05).

^**Concentrations were significantly different from those in meat (p<0.01).