Fusarium mycotoxin content of UK organic and conventional wheat

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 496-506

  Edwards, S G ^a  

^a HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conventional; Deoxynivalenol; HT2 toxin; Nivalenol; Organic; T2 toxin; Trichothecenes; Zearalenone

Indexed keywords

DIACETOXYSCIRPENOL; FUSARENON X; HT 2 TOXIN; MYCOTOXIN; NEOSOLANIOL; NIVALENOL; T 2 TOXIN; VOMITOXIN; ZEARALENONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUSARIUM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; WHEAT;

FUSARIUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FUSARIUM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GREAT BRITAIN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MYCOTOXINS; TRITICUM;

EID: 67651089661     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030802530679     Document Type: Article

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