Human and animal disease outbreaks in India due to mycotoxins other than aflatoxins

World Mycotoxin Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-30

  Raghavender, C ^a   Reddy, B ^a  

^a OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ergot alkaloids; Fumonisins; Ochratoxins; Rhizopus toxins; Trichothecenes

Indexed keywords

ACETYLDEOXYNIVALENOL; ERGOT ALKALOID; FUMONISIN; MYCOTOXIN; NIVALENOL; RHIZOPUS TOXIN; T 2 TOXIN; TRICHOTHECENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOMITOXIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEGNALA DISEASE; EMETIC SYNDROME; EPIDEMIC; ERGOTISM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD STORAGE; HARVESTING; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; INDIA; LEUKOPENIA; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAIZE; MOISTURE; MORTALITY; MOULD; MYCOTOXICOSIS; NONHUMAN; PEARL MILLET; RHIZOPUS; RURAL AREA; SORGHUM; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; WHEAT;

ANIMALIA; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; RHIZOPUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 67949097228     PISSN: 18750710     EISSN: 18750796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/WMJ2008.1066     Document Type: Article

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