Table 6 Sterol and stanol contents of analysed soil sediments.

From: GC–MS analysis of soil faecal biomarkers uncovers mammalian species and the economic management of the archeological site "Le Colombare di Negrar"

Steroids

Steroid content (pg/mg dry matter)

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

Replicate

n = 2

Year

2020

2021

Epicoprostanol + coprostanol

6.0

6.7

9.4

19.0

26.4

15.9

21.6

8.7

17.3

38.3

18.4

22.0

22.6

18.8

Cholesterol

52.3

12.5

36.3

66.0

16.1

7.6

39.7

539.5

174.5

117.5

118.9

135.3

62.4

55.6

DHC

1.1

2.7

1.7

3.0

2.4

1.8

2.8

75.4

16.4

8.9

2.5

8.0

0.2

1.0

Stigmasterol

0.4

6.3

23.4

12.0

40.1

11.0

10.4

495.6

142.6

137.6

39.1

182.2

9.5

15.6

β-Sitosterol

7.9

38.1

87.2

125.5

196.2

127.7

38.5

2072

438.2

312.6

179.7

703.0

29.2

33.5

β-Sitostanol

2.1

9.1

17.3

37.6

27.7

25.7

9.9

266.9

80.6

51.2

27.4

59.2

7.5

9.1

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