2,4,6-Tribromoanisole: A Potential Cause of Mustiness in Packaged Food

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 889-893

  Whitfield, Frank B ^a   Hill, Jodie L ^a   Shaw, Kevin J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

2,4,6 Tribromoanisole; 2,4,6 tribromophenol; Fungal metabolite; GC MS analysis; Musty odor; Odor threshold

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; PAECILOMYCES VARIOTII;

EID: 0001358743     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf960587u     Document Type: Article

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