Histamine level and species identification of billfish meats implicated in two food-borne poisonings

Food Chemistry

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1366-1371

  Tsai, Yung Hsiang ^a   Hsieh, Hung Sheng ^b   Chen, Hwi Chang ^c   Cheng, Shou Hsun ^c   Chai, Tuu jyi ^b   Hwang, Deng Fwu ^b  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Executive Yuan   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Billfish; Cytochrome b gene; Food poisoning; Histamine; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FISH; FOOD POISONING; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MEAT; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN;

MAKAIRA NIGRICANS; XIPHIAS GLADIUS; XIPHIIDAE;

EID: 34249019914     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2007.01.052     Document Type: Article

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