Volatile sesquiterpenes from Stachybotrys chartarum: Indicators for trichothecene producing mold species?

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 77-78

  Wilkins, Ken ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Growth indicators; Mold species; Sesquiterpenes; Stacbybotrys chartarum; Trichodiene; Trichothecene; Volatile metabolites

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MYCOTOXIN; SESQUITERPENE; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TRICHOTHECENE; VOLATILE AGENT;

STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM;

EID: 0034121409     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/espr2000.03.020     Document Type: Article

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