Estimation of ochratoxin A in portuguese population: New data on the occurrence in human urine by high performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1449-1454

  Pena, A ^a   Seifrtova M ^a   Lino, C ^a   Silveira, I ^a   Solich, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b Charles University in Prague Faculty of Pharmacy   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Fluorescence detection; Food safety; HPLC; Mycotoxins; Ochratoxin A; Urine

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; ESTER; OCHRATOXIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DERIVATIZATION; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; FOOD SAFETY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PORTUGAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOTOXINS; OCHRATOXINS; PORTUGAL; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 33745591881     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2006.04.017     Document Type: Article

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