Incidence of aflatoxins in Iran pistachio nuts

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 812-816

  Cheraghali, A M ^a   Yazdanpanah, H ^b,c   Doraki, N ^c   Abouhossain, G ^c   Hassibi, M ^c   Ali abadi, S ^c   Aliakbarpoor, M ^c   Amirahmadi, M ^c   Askarian, A ^c   Fallah, N ^c   Hashemi, T ^c   Jalali, M ^c   Kalantari, N ^c   Khodadadi, E ^c   Maddah, B ^c   Mohit, R ^c   Mohseny, M ^c   Phaghihy, Z ^c   Rahmani, A ^c   Setoodeh, L ^c   Soleimany, E ^c   Zamanian, F ^c   more..

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aflatoxins; HPLC; Incidence; Iran; Pistachio nuts

Indexed keywords

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

ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; FUNGAL METABOLISM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PISTACHIO; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

AFLATOXIN B1; AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; PISTACIA;

PISTACIA VERA;

EID: 33947356208     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2006.10.026     Document Type: Article

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