Residual cyanogens, chemical composition and aflatoxins in cassava flour from Tanzanian villages

Food Chemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-49

  Muzanila, Y C ^b   Brennan, J G ^a   King, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; ASCORBIC ACID; COUMARIN; CYANOGEN BROMIDE; MINERAL; MYCOTOXIN; SCOPOLETIN;

ARTICLE; CASSAVA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FERMENTATION; LEACHING; PH; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; SOLID STATE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 0033994495     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-8146(00)00062-5     Document Type: Article

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