Occurrence of aflatoxins and fumonisins in preharvest maize from south-western Nigeria

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 251-255

  Bankole, S A ^a   Mabekoje, O O ^a  

^a Olabisi Onabanjo University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aflatoxins; Fumonisins; Fungi; Nigeria; Preharvest maize; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; AFLATOXIN B1; AFLATOXIN B2; AFLATOXIN G1; AFLATOXIN G2; FUMONISIN; FUMONISIN B1; FUMONISIN B2;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FUNGAL PLANT DISEASE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HARVESTING; INCIDENCE; MAIZE; MYCOLOGY; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SEED KERNEL;

AFLATOXIN B1; AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; FUMONISINS; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; MYCOTOXINS; NIGERIA; ZEA MAYS;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; FUNGI; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 1842538887     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030310001639558     Document Type: Article

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