Aflatoxin B1 contamination in wheat grain samples collected from different geographical regions of India: A multicenter study

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1463-1467

  Toteja, G S ^a   Mukherjee, A ^a   Diwakar, S ^a   Singh, Padam ^a   Saxena, B N ^a   Sinha, K K ^b   Sinha, A K ^b   Kumar, N ^b   Nagaraja, K V ^c   Bai, Girija ^c   Prasad, C A Krishna ^c   Vanchinathan, S ^d   Roy, Rajat ^d   Parkar, S ^d  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b T M BHAGALPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^d Central Drugs Laboratory India   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

AFLATOXIN B1; POISON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; SAFETY; WHEAT;

AFLATOXIN B1; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; POISONS; TRITICUM;

EID: 33745098385     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-69.6.1463     Document Type: Article

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