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Earliest direct evidence of plant processing in prehistoric Saharan pottery
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In this context, LCFAs can only be interpreted as a general indicator for plant products.
“in this context, they can only be interpreted as a general indicator for plant products [129–132].”
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The available passages contain bibliographic information (labelled Abstract, no page), but do not discuss how long-chain fatty acids should be interpreted. Searches for LCFAs, plant products, and fatty-acid biomarkers found no passage addressing the claimed limitation. (LLM, conf=0.70)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredA small number of extracts (n = 7) had low concentrations of a series of n-alkanes which might be linked to the presence of plant waxes.
“Additionally, a small number of extracts (n = 7) had low concentrations of a series of n-alkanes which might be linked to the presence of plant waxes [129–132].”
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LCFAs originate in leaf or stem epicuticular waxes and are also reported on the surface of plant leaves, sheaths, stems and fruits, seed oils, seed coats, flowers, bark and husks.
“As LCFAs originate in leaf or stem epicuticular waxes and are also reported on the surface of plant leaves, sheaths, stems and fruits, seed oils, seed coats, flowers, bark and husks,”
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Distributions of n-alkanes maximizing at C25 are unusual and characteristic of submerged and floating aquatic plants.
“Distributions of n-alkanes maximizing at C25 are unusual, characteristic of submerged and floating aquatic plants [132,137]”
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- Dunne, J., Mercuri, A. M., Evershed, R. P., Bruni, S., & di Lernia, S.
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- Mercuri, Anna Maria
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