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Table 5 Sugar composition of the painting samples collected from the paintings in El Brujo (Peru) and in the Nefertari tomb (Egypt)

From: Analysis of plant gums and saccharide materials in paint samples: comparison of GC-MS analytical procedures and databases

Sample

Analytical procedure

Sugar relative content

Sugar composition (%)

   

Xylose

arabinose

rhamnose

fucose

galacturonic acid

glucuronic acid

mannose

galactose

glucose

P-c

GCI

0.15%

24

25

4

0

-

-

9

37

Yes

P-c

DCCI

0.12%

17

15

5

1

0

0

14

44

Yes

Nef-y

GCI

2.04%

0

70

1

0

-

-

0

29

No

Nef-r

DCCI

1.54%

0

61

0

0

0

0

0

39

No