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Table III.

Mean fatty acids concentration of reindeer meat, liver, tallow and bone marrow in 100g of edible raw tissue

Fatty acids	Mean±SD Meat (n=28)	Liver (n=30)	Tallow (n=3)	Bone marrow (n=3)
Saturated (SFA)
C14:0	0.02±0.01	0.01±0.001^**	0.78±0.38	0.68±0.28
C15:0	0.01±0.001	0.01±0.002	0.07±0.02	0.07±0.02
C16:0	0.26±0.10	0.80±0.21^**	15.57±1.99	14.84±1.65
C17:0	0.01±0.01	0.05±0.02^**	0.89±0.11	0.35±0.06
C18:0	0.23±0.05	0.81±0.08^**	19.26±1.61	3.22±0.46
C20:0	1.31±0.003	0.01±0.003^**	0.22±0.06	0.06±0.01
C22:0	0.002±0.001	0.01±0.001^**	0.02±0.01	0.01±0.001
C24:0	0.001±0.001	0.01±0.001^**	0.02±0.02	0.01±0.001
ΣSFA	1.84±0.16	1.62±0.23	36.83±3.66	19.24±2.42
Monounsaturated (MUFA)
C14:1	0.002±0.001^a	0.003±0.002^a	0.06±0.03	0.94±0.20
C14:1 n-5	0.002±0.001^a	0.001±0.002^a	–	–
C16:1 n-5	0.002±0.001	0.003±0.001	0.04±0.01	0.31±0.08
C16:1 n-7	0.02±0.01	0.03±0.02^**	0.65±0.12	7.54±2.18
C16:1 n-9	0.01±0.002	0.02±0.01^**	0.33±0.04	0.19±0.01
C17:1	0.003±0.002	0.01±0.004^*	0.20±0.02	0.52±0.03
C18:1 n-7	0.01±0.003	0.03±0.01^**	0.46±0.06	1.99±0.80
C18:1 n-9	0.37±0.12	0.91±0.30^**	31.70±3.48	35.44±1.15
C20:1 n-7	0.004±0.001	0.001±0.001^*	0.02±0.01	0.02±0.01
C20:1 n-9	0.002±0.001	0.01±0.002^**	0.15±0.05	0.13±0.02
C21:1 n-11	0.003±0.001^a	n.d.	0.003±0.001	–
C22:1 n-7	0.001±0.0002	0.001±0.001	n.d.	n.d.
C22:1 n-9	0.001±0.0001^a	0.0002±0.0002^*	n.d.	n.d.
C22:1 n-11	0.003±0.001	0.002±0.001^**	0.003±0.001	0.01±0.01
C24:1 n-9	0.001±0.0003	0.002±0.001^**	n.d.	n.d.
ΣMUFA	0.43±1.14	1.02±0.35	33.62±3.83	47.10±4.48
Polyunsaturated (PUFA)
C16:2 n-7	0.0002±0.0002	0.0002±0.0004	0.01±0.01	0.01±0.004
C16:3 n-4	0.001±0.001	0.003±0.001^**	n.d.	n.d.
C16:4 n-1	0.01±0.004	0.02±0.01	0.36±0.07	0.33±0.06
C18:3 n-3	0.01±0.004	0.03±0.01	0.04±0.03	0.04±0.01
C18:4 n-3	0.002±0.001	0.003±0.003^**	0.02±0.001	0.03±0.02
C18:5 n-3	0.001±0.001	0.01±0.01^*	0.03±0.01	0.04±0.02
C20:3 n-3	0.001±0.0004	0.01±0.003^**	0.002±0.002	0.01±0.01
C20:4 n-3	0.001±0.0002	0.002±0.001^**	0.01±0.002	0.01±0.003
C20:5 n-3	0.01±0.004	0.03±0.01	0.01±0.002	0.01±0.01
C22:5 n-3	0.04±0.01	0.26±0.09^**	0.02±0.01	0.03±0.01
C22:6 n-3	0.003±0.001	0.05±0.02^**	0.003±0.001	n.d.
C18:2 n-6	0.15±0.05	0.36±0.06^**	0.82±0.19	0.67±0.18
C18:3 n-6	0.0002±0.0001	0.0002±0.001	0.004±0.001	0.01±0.004
C20:2 n-6	0.002±0.001	0.01±0.002^**	n.d.	n.d.
C20:3 n-6	0.01±0.003	0.02±0.01	0.01±0.001	0.01±0.002
C20:4 n-6	0.09±0.04	0.42±0.07^**	0.11±0.03	0.12±0.04
C22:2 n-6	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.
C22:4 n-6	0.01±0.004	0.07±0.02^**	0.01±0.002	0.004±0.002
C22:5 n-6	0.0001±0.0003	0.001±0.001	0.01±0.01	0.02±0.01
ΣPUFA	0.34±0.11	1.30±0.17	1.47±0.33	1.34±0.14
ΣPUFA n-3	0.07±0.02	0.40±0.10	0.14±0.05	0.17±0.05
ΣPUFA n-6	0.26±0.09	0.88±0.12	0.96±0.21	0.84±0.14
ΣPUFA n-6/ ΣPUFA n-3	3.71±0.003	2.20±0.004	6.86±0.10	4.94±0.15

Observations less than those given in the main column: Meat (n=14) and liver (n=17) for C14:1. Meat (n=14) and liver (n=13) for C14:1 n-5. Meat (n=14) and liver (n=13) for C14:1 n-5. Meat (n=27) for C21:1 n-11. Meat (n=27) for C22:1 n-9.

n.d=Not detected.

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

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