Occurrence of fungicide and insecticide residues in trade samples of leafy vegetables

Food Chemistry

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1342-1347

  González Rodríguez, Rosa M ^a   Rial Otero, Raquel ^a   Cancho Grande, Beatriz ^a   Simal Gándara, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fungicides; Insecticides leafy vegetables

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; CIPERMETHRIN; FUNGICIDE; INSECTICIDE; IPRODIONE; PROCYMIDONE;

ARTICLE; FRUIT; LEAFY VEGETABLE; LETTUCE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION;

BETA VULGARIS CICLA; LACTUCA; PERU TOMATO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 36348983217     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2007.09.045     Document Type: Article

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