Natural occurrence of fumonisins in corn from Iran

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1860-1864

  Shephard, Gordon S ^a   Marasas, Walter F O ^a   Leggott, Norma L ^a   Yazdanpanah, Hassan ^b   Rahimian, Heshmatollah ^c   Safavi, Navid ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAZANDARAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Corn; Esophageal cancer; Fumonisins; Fusarium; Iran; Mycotoxins

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACID; FUMONISIN B1; FUMONISIN B2; FUMONISIN B3; MYCOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CORN; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUSARIUM; IRAN; MYCOTOXICOSIS; NONHUMAN;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FUMONISINS; IRAN; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0034033961     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf991196t     Document Type: Article

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