Microbial contamination of select dietary supplements

Journal of Food Safety

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 430-442

  Tournas, Valerie H ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AESCULUS; AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM; ALLIUM SATIVUM; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITHAREXYLUM CAUDATUM; CLADOSPORIUM; CORIANDRUM SATIVUM; CUMINUM CYMINUM; EUROTIA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; GINKGO BILOBA; GLYCYRRHIZA; JUNIPERUS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PENICILLIUM; PHOMA; PLANTAGO OVATA; RHIZOPUS; SABAL; SALIX; SALIX ALBA; SERENOA REPENS; VALERIANA; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

EID: 68949151975     PISSN: 01496085     EISSN: 17454565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4565.2009.00167.x     Document Type: Article

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