Occurrence of aflatoxin in some of the food and feed in Nepal

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 331-336

  Koirala, P ^a   Kumar, S ^b   Yadav, B ^b   Premarajan, K ^b  

^a Department of Foods Technology and Quality Control   (Nepal)

^b B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Food; TLC

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; NEPAL; PEANUT; SAMPLING; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 24344477117     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5359.16649     Document Type: Article

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