High incidence of Aspergillus flavus and aflatoxins in stored groundnut in Ghana and the use of a microbial assay to assess the inhibitory effects of plant extracts on aflatoxin synthesis

Mycopathologia

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 109-114

  Awuah, Richard T ^a   Kpodo, Kafui A ^b  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b Food Research Institute Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

aflatoxin; norsorlorinic acid; plant extracts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030472026     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00436873     Document Type: Article

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