Alternaria mycotoxins in weathered wheat from China

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2920-2924

  Li, Feng Qin ^a   Yoshizawa, Takumi ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternaria toxins; Alternariol; Alternariol methyl ether; China; Tenuazonic acid; Weathered wheat

Indexed keywords

MYCOTOXIN;

ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; TOXIN ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WHEAT;

ALTERNARIA; CHINA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MYCOTOXINS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; TRITICUM;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ALTERNATA ALTERNATA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0033928773     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0000171     Document Type: Article

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