Phytoprevention of aflatoxin production

Journal of Medicinal Plants

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2009, Pages 97-104

  Rasooli, I ^a,d   Fakoor, M H ^a   Allameh, A A ^b   Rezaee, M B ^c   Owlia, P ^a  

^a SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTS AND RANGELANDS   (Iran)

^d Shahed University ^*  (Iran)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Antifungal; Essential oil; Thymus kotschyanus; Zataria multiflora

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1; THYME OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL; ZATAIRA MULTIFLORA OIL;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; FUNGUS GROWTH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INHIBITION KINETICS; KINETICS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN;

ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; THYMUS KOTSCHYANUS; ZATARIA MULTIFLORA;

EID: 69249175036     PISSN: 2717204X     EISSN: 27172058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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