Immunobiological activities of mould products: Functional impairment of human monocytes exposed to aflatoxin B1

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 385-391

  Cusumano, V ^a   Rossano, F ^b   Merendino, R A ^b   Arena, A ^b   Costa, G B ^b   Mancuso, G ^b   Baroni, A ^b   Losi, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aflatoxin B1; Food; Fungicidal activity; Human monocytes; Immunosuppression; Microbiological control; Phagocytosis; Public health

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS;

EID: 0029893783     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0923-2508(96)84713-9     Document Type: Article

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