Occurrence of toxigenic fungi in herbal drugs

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-51

  Bugno, Adriana ^a   Buzzo Almodovar, Adriana Aparecida ^a   Pereira, Tatiana Caldas ^a   Andreoli Pinto, Terezinha De Jesus ^b   Sabino, Myrna ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Herbal drugs; Medicinal plants; Mycotoxins; Toxigenic moulds

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 33646948926     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: 16784405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1517-83822006000100009     Document Type: Article

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