Table 2.
Percentage of detected compounds for each ingredient.
| Ingredients | Number of expected molecules (potential markers) | Number of detected molecules | Number of not detected molecules | Positive detection (%) | Number of identified molecules | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Officinal opium | 25 | 21 | 4 | 84 | 16 |
| 2 | Bitter vetch | 10 | 8 | 2 | 80 | 2 |
| 3 | Grenade’s wine | 15 | 11 | 4 | 73,3 | 0 |
| 4 | Aloes-wood | 6 | 4 | 2 | 66,7 | 4 |
| 5 | Long pepper | 21 | 14 | 7 | 66,7 | 8 |
| 6 | White honey | 34 | 22 | 12 | 64,7 | 3 |
| 7 | Lavender | 34 | 22 | 12 | 64,7 | 1 |
| 8 | Dry bark lemon | 28 | 18 | 10 | 64,3 | 8 |
| 9 | Sweet flag (Calamus) | 41 | 26 | 15 | 63,4 | 7 |
| 10 | Birthwort | 24 | 15 | 9 | 62,5 | 5 |
| 11 | Turpentine of Chio | 18 | 11 | 7 | 61,1 | 3 |
| 12 | Gum acacia | 10 | 6 | 4 | 60 | 4 |
| 13 | Benzoin | 17 | 10 | 7 | 58,8 | 6 |
| 14 | White horehound | 19 | 11 | 8 | 57,9 | 2 |
| 15 | Common centaury | 28 | 16 | 12 | 57,1 | 2 |
| 16 | Cinnamon | 37 | 21 | 16 | 56,8 | 2 |
| 17 | Black pepper | 64 | 36 | 28 | 56,3 | 8 |
| 18 | Mountain Spignel | 11 | 6 | 5 | 54,5 | 3 |
| 19 | Olibanum-tree | 34 | 18 | 16 | 52,9 | 13 |
| 20 | Ginger | 42 | 22 | 20 | 52,4 | 4 |
| 21 | Bullwort | 10 | 5 | 5 | 50 | 2 |
| 22 | Opopanax | 26 | 13 | 13 | 50 | 1 |
| 23 | Valerian | 67 | 32 | 35 | 47,8 | 8 |
| 24 | Dessicated wheat bread | 49 | 23 | 26 | 46,9 | 8 |
| 25 | Myrrh | 28 | 13 | 15 | 46,4 | 6 |
| 26 | Wild turnip | 11 | 5 | 6 | 45,5 | 1 |
| 27 | Common laurel | 43 | 19 | 24 | 44,2 | 5 |
| 28 | White agaric | 16 | 7 | 9 | 43,8 | 3 |
| 29 | Cretan dittany | 32 | 14 | 18 | 43,8 | 1 |
| 30 | Parsley | 32 | 14 | 18 | 43,8 | 6 |
| 31 | Water germander | 12 | 5 | 7 | 41,7 | 0 |
| 32 | Castorum | 35 | 14 | 21 | 40 | 7 |
| 33 | Spignel | 23 | 9 | 14 | 39,1 | 1 |
| 34 | Red rose petals | 18 | 7 | 11 | 38,9 | 0 |
| 35 | Galbanum | 21 | 8 | 13 | 38,1 | 2 |
| 36 | Seseli | 37 | 14 | 23 | 37,8 | 5 |
| 37 | True cardamom | 35 | 13 | 22 | 37,1 | 1 |
| 38 | Cretan dittany | 38 | 14 | 24 | 36,8 | 2 |
| 39 | Yellow bugle | 29 | 10 | 19 | 34,5 | 1 |
| 40 | Florentine iris | 44 | 15 | 29 | 34,1 | 1 |
| 41 | Wild ginger | 12 | 4 | 8 | 33,3 | 3 |
| 42 | Calamint | 54 | 18 | 36 | 33,3 | 0 |
| 43 | Rhapontic rhubarb | 20 | 6 | 14 | 30 | 2 |
| 44 | St John's-wort | 34 | 10 | 24 | 29,4 | 1 |
| 45 | Anise | 14 | 4 | 10 | 28,6 | 1 |
| 46 | Wall germander | 12 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 0 |
| 47 | Liquorice | 59 | 13 | 46 | 22 | 1 |
| 48 | Pennyroyal | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16,7 | 0 |
| 49 | Saffron | 10 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0 |
| 50 | Gentian | 19 | 1 | 18 | 5,3 | 1 |
| 51 | Maritime squill | 26 | 1 | 25 | 3,8 | 0 |
| 52 | Cinquefoil | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Catechu | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Sigillated land | Not investigated | ||||
| 55 | Desiccated iron sulfate / red iron peroxide | Not investigated | ||||
| 56 | Bitumen of Judea | Not investigated | ||||