Fecal odorgrams
- 1 October 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Digestive Diseases and Sciences
- Vol. 29 (10), 907-911
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01312479
Abstract
Modern and ancient human feces (coprolites) and modern nonhuman animal fecal samples were subjected to headspace gas-chromatographic analysis for detection of odors related to dietary intake. The odors of grass, green leaves, licorice, meat, and corn were detected in coprolites dating to 6400 years BP (before present). Analysis of modern human samples revealed a large number of odors reflecting dietary constituents. The complexity and number of fecal dietary odors recovered was directly related to the number of food items ingested. Animal fecal odorgrams were characterized by a relatively large number of pleasant odors. Fecal odorgrams represent a new method by which modern and ancient diets may be partially reconstructed.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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