Table II. Mean concentrations (± SD) of FAs in samples of land mammals traditionally consumed by the James Bay Cree people expressed in % of total FAs and g/100 g edible portion

	Beaver		Moose	Caribou			Black bear
	Flesh, raw	Fat, raw	Flesh, raw	Flesh, smoked dried	Fat, smoked dried	Heart, raw	Kidney, raw	Flesh, raw	Fat, raw	Fat, rendered
n	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	3
Total FAs
g/100 g	1.05	37.3	1.14	1.17	57.2	26.2	1.70	1.40	75.5	73.1±5.22
Total SFAs
%	29.8	21.2	36.2	31.0	48.9	53.9	40.7	32.7	34.7	34.5±0.922
g/100 g	0.303	7.73	0.413	0.299	28.0	16.4	0.694	0.459	26.2	25.2±1.72
Palmitic acid (16:0)
%	15.5	14.1	19.1	12.4	17.4	26.6	17.3	24	26.4	26.9±1.69
g/100 g	0.157	5.12	0.217	0.146	9.94	8.13	0.295	0.336	19.9	19.6±0.964
Stearic acid (18:0)
%	12.9	5.89	15.6	17.2	29.8	25.1	18.1	7.57	6.84	5.91±1.14
g/100 g	0.131	2.18	0.178	0.202	17.1	7.67	0.308	0.106	5.17	4.37±1.14
Total MUFAs
%	13.8	21.8	41.3	25.5	46.2	31.2	18.6	54.5	64.6	62.5±1.24
g/100 g	0.135	8.02	0.471	0.299	26.4	9.13	0.317	0.764	48.8	45.7±4.45
Oleic acid (18:1n-9)
%	8.52	13.5	33.9	20.5	41.5	26.8	13.9	41.7	53.8	52.4±1.92
g/100 g	0.0805	4.87	0.387	0.240	23.7	8.26	0.236	0.585	40.6	38.3±4.01
Total PUFAs
%	57.1	58.2	23.3	43.9	5.23	15	40.7	12.8	0.658	2.67±1.53
g/100 g	0.620	22.1	0.265	0.516	2.99	0.703	0.693	0.179	0.497	1.91±0.980
Total n-3 FAs
%	7.62	19.4	3.82	10.4	2.16	1.51	4.6	3.34	0.242	1.10±0.59
g/100 g	0.0770	7.11	0.0436	0.122	1.24	0.0842	0.0784	tr	0.183	0.79±0.38
ALA (18:3n-3)
%	5.47	18.6	2.43	4.62	1.95	0.278	0.265	0.710	0.242	0.888±0.522
g/100 g	tr	6.82	tr	tr	1.12	tr	tr	tr	0.183	0.634±0.338
EPA (20:5n-3)
%	0.245	0	0.557	2.53	0	0.236	0.988	0.163	0	0
g/100 g	tr	0	tr	tr	0	tr	tr	tr	0	0
DPAn-3 (22:5n-3)
%	1.55	0.149	0.629	2.28	0	0.902	2.75	1.76	0	0.163±0.0349
g/100 g	tr	tr	tr	tr	0	tr	tr	tr	0	0.118±0.0218
DHA (22:6n-3)
%	0.111	0	0.214	0.506	0	0.0624	0.483	0.705	0	0
g/100 g	tr	0	tr	tr	0	tr	tr	tr	0	0
Total n-6 FAs
%	49.5	38.8	19.5	33.6	3.07	13.5	36.1	9.43	0.416	1.57±0.74
g/100 g	0.543	15.0	0.222	0.394	1.75	0.619	0.614	0.132	0.314	1.13±0.475
LA (18:2n-6)
%	41.3	37.3	14.4	24.6	2.08	7.34	10.2	4.02	0.416	1.53±0.676
g/100 g	0.457	14.5	0.164	0.289	1.19	0.406	0.174	tr	0.314	1.10±0.433
AA (20:4n-6)
%	5.60	0.182	4.01	7.14	0	5.2	23.2	4.12	0	0.0206±0.0409
g/100 g	tr	0.0693	tr	0.0840	0	0.142	0.395	tr	0	tr

AA: arachidonic acid (20:4n-6); ALA: α-linolenic acid (18:3n-3); DHA: docosahexaenoic acid (22:6n-3); DPAn-3: docosapentaenoic acid (22:5n-3); EPA: eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5n-3); FA: fatty acid; LA: linoleic acid (18:2n-6); MUFA: monounsaturated FA; n: number of samples; SFA: saturated fatty acid.

Total FAs represent the total of all FAs identified in the analyses.

Total SFAs=sum (14:0+16:0+18:0+20:0+22:0+24:0).

Total MUFAs=sum (14:1n5c;t+16:1n7c;t+18:1n5c+18:1n6c+18:1n7c;t+18:1n9c;t+18:1n11c;t+18:1n12c;t+20:1n9c;t+20:1n12c+22:1n9c+24:1n9c).

Total PUFAs=sum (18:3n-3+18:4n-3+20:3n-3+20:4n-3+20:5n-3+22:3n-3+22:5n-3+22:6n-3)+(18:2n-6+18:3n-6+20:2n-6+20:3n-6+20:4n-6+22:2n-6+22:4n-6+22:5n-6)+(18:3n3t/t/t)+(18:2 n6t/t;c/t;t/c)).

Total n-3=sum (18:3n-3+18:4n-3+20:3n-3+20:n-64n-3+20:5n-3+22:3n-3+22:5n-3+22:6n-3+(18:3n3t/t/t)).

Total n-6=sum (18:2+18:3+20:2+20:3+20:4+22:2+22:4+22:5+(18:2n6t/t;c/t;t/c)).

FAs are cis unless noted otherwise.