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. 2018 Oct 11;13(10):e0205362. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0205362

Table 5. Amount of starch granules (per taxonomic group or total) and other microremains detected in dental calculus.

The numbers reflect the quantity of each microremain counted by direct microscopy observation in the samples.

SU I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX UN TS PO PG
110 1 1 1 3
139 1 1 1 1 4 2 P+ 1 OCa
147 3 2 1 1 7
158 4 1 5 1 OCa
159 0
169 1 3 1 1 6 1 P
173 0
176 1 1
185 1 1 2 1 A
192 1 2 3
198 1 24 1 194 220
204 1 1 2
213 0
221 1 1
239 1 1 3 P
245 1 1 1 P
256 0
269 1 1
272 0
290 1 1 1 3
303 0
304 1 1
307 1 1 2 1 P
308 0 1 OCa
317 1 1 1 OCa
318 0 1 OCa
319 2 2
320 Tb.47 2 1 3
325 1 1
330 0
333 1 1 2 2 L
334 Tb.51 1 2 2 5 1 OCa + 1C 1 Nd
343 Tb.53 0
346 Tb.54 0
356 0
TOTAL 3 2 30 6 3 6 199 6 11 11 277 4

Stratigraphic unit (SU); Morphotype I, Avena sp. (I); Morphotype II, Hordeum sp.(II); Morphotype III, Myristica fragrans (III); Morphotype IV, Piper nigrum (IV); Morphotype V, Quercus ilex (V); Morphotype VI, Sorghum bicolor (VI); Morphotype VII, Triticum sp. (VII); Morphotype VIII, Fabaceae not determined (VIII); Morphotype IX, Fagaceae not determined (IX); Unidentified starch granules (UN); Total of starches (TS); Phytoliths and other microremain (PO); Pollen grains (PG); Poaceae phytoliths (P); calcium oxalate crystals (OCa); Cucurbitaceae fruit epicarp fragment (C); Asteraceae pollen grain (A); Laurus nobilis pollen granules (L); not determined pollen grain (Nd).