Determination of aflatoxin levels in nuts and their products consumed in South Korea

Food Chemistry

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 385-391

  Chun, Hyang Sook ^a   Kim, Hyun Jung ^a   Ok, Hyun Ee ^a   Hwang, Jin Bong ^a   Chung, Duck Hwa ^b  

^a Korea Food Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; ELISA; HPLC; LC MS; Nuts; South Korea

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1; AFLATOXIN B2; AFLATOXIN G1; AFLATOXIN G2;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; NUT; PEANUT; PISTACHIO; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCREENING; SOUTH KOREA;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; PISTACIA VERA;

EID: 33751514705     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2006.05.031     Document Type: Article

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