Reduction of aflatoxin and fumonisin contamination in yellow corn by high-speed dual-wavelength sorting

Cereal Chemistry

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 490-498

  Pearson, T C ^a   Wicklow, D T ^b   Pasikatan, M C ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; CONTAMINATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS;

% REDUCTIONS; ABSORBANCE BANDS; DUAL-WAVELENGTH; FUMONISIN; HIGH SPEED; ILLINOIS; OPTIMAL PAIRS; REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; SINGLE KERNEL; YELLOW CORN;

AFLATOXINS;

AFLATOXIN; CARCINOGEN; FUMONISIN;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CANCER RISK; CONTAMINATION; CORN; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FOOD ANALYSIS; HARVEST; NONHUMAN; SAMPLING; SEED KERNEL;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 3142770506     PISSN: 00090352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/CCHEM.2004.81.4.490     Document Type: Article

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