Contamination of grape seed oil with mineral oil paraffins

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 11245-11250

  Fiorini, Dennis ^a   Fiselier, Katell ^b   Biedermann, Maurus ^b   Ballini, Roberto ^a   Coni, Ettore ^c   Grob, Konrad ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b Official Food Control Authority of the Canton of Zurich   (Switzerland)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contamination by mineral paraffins; Grape seed oil; Online LC GC

Indexed keywords

MINERAL OIL; PARAFFIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; GRAPE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PLANT SEED;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; MINERAL OIL; PARAFFIN; SEEDS; VITIS;

VITACEAE;

EID: 56749131814     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf802244r     Document Type: Article

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