Quantity estimation of some contaminants in commonly used medicinal plants in the Egyptian market

Food Chemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 357-363

  Abou Arab, A A K ^a   Soliman Kawther, M ^a   El Tantawy, M E ^b   Badeaa, R Ismail ^a   Khayria, Naguib ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR DRUG CONTROL AND RESEARCH NODCAR   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Heavy metal; Medicinal plants; Pesticide

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; HEAVY METAL; MYCOTOXIN; PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; EGYPT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD QUALITY; MARKET; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0344117614     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-8146(99)00082-5     Document Type: Article

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