Comparison of urinary sphingolipids in human populations with high and low maize consumption as a possible biomarker of fumonisin dietary exposure

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1090-1095

  Solfrizzo, Michele ^a   Chulze, S N ^b   Mallmann, C ^c   Visconti, A ^a   De Girolamo, A ^a   Rojo, F ^b   Torres, A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES OF FOOD PRODUCTION   (Italy)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Fumonisins; Sphinganine; Sphingosine

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FUMONISIN; SPHINGANINE; SPHINGOSINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAIZE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARGENTINA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAZIL; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HABITS; FUMONISINS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPHINGOLIPIDS; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMALIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 11944270647     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030400013318     Document Type: Article

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