Fumonisins and human health

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL., 1998, Pages

  Nair, M G ^a,b  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Rajiv Gandhi College of Yeterinary and Animal Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; FUMONISIN B2; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INHIBITOR PROTEIN; MYCOTOXIN; SPHINGOLIPID;

ATHEROGENIC DIET; BIOSYNTHESIS; CEREAL; CORN; CROP; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FARBER DISEASE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FUSARIUM MONILIFORME; HEALTH; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; LYSOSOME STORAGE DISEASE; METABOLISM; MYCOTOXICOSIS; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SORGHUM;

FUSARIUM MONILIFORME;

EID: 0031759336     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724936.1998.11747980     Document Type: Review

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