Characteristics of in-shell Brazil nuts and their relationship to aflatoxin contamination: Criteria for sorting

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 9305-9310

  De Mello, Fernanda Robert ^a   Scussel, Vildes Maria ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aflatoxins; Brazil nuts; Color; Deterioration; Dimensions; Shell; Weight

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL NUT; CHEMISTRY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HISTOLOGY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUT;

AFLATOXINS; BERTHOLLETIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUTS;

BERTHOLLETIA EXCELSA;

EID: 36148985378     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf071392x     Document Type: Article

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