Natural occurrence of moulds and aflatoxin B1 in melon seeds from markets in Nigeria

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1309-1314

  Bankole, S A ^a   Ogunsanwo, B M ^a   Mabekoje, O O ^a  

^a OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin B1; Markets; Moisture content; Moulds; Shelled melon seeds; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BOTRYODIPLODIA; CLADOSPORIUM; COLOCYNTHIS CITRULLUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FOOD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUNGUS; GENUS; INCIDENCE; MARKET; MELON; MOISTURE; MOULD; NIGERIA; PENICULLIUM; PLANT SEED; RAIN FOREST; RANDOMIZATION; RHIZOPUS; SAMPLE; SAVANNA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AFLATOXIN B1; CUCUMIS; ECOLOGY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FUNGI; HUMIDITY; NIGERIA; SEEDS; TERATOGENS; TREES; WEATHER;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CITRULLUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; CLADOSPORIUM; CUCUMIS; PENICILLIUM; RHIZOPUS;

EID: 2942635566     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2004.03.015     Document Type: Article

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