Aflatoxin occurrence in nuts and commercial nutty products in Malaysia

Food Control

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 334-338

  Leong, Yin Hui ^a   Ismail, Noryati ^a   Latif, Aishah A ^b   Ahmad, Rosma ^a  

^a Universiti Sains Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; HPLC; Nuts

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; JUGLANS;

EID: 70349835764     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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