Mould incidence and mycotoxin contamination in maize kernels from Swat Valley, North West Frontier Province of Pakistan

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1111-1116

  Shah, Hamid Ullah ^a,b   Simpson, Thomas J ^b   Alam, Sahib ^a   Khattak, Khanzadi Fatima ^c   Perveen, Sajida ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE NIFA   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Aflatoxins; Maize; Minerals; Moisture; Moulds; Ochratoxin

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1; OCHRATOXIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD STORAGE; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUSARIUM; MAIZE; MOISTURE; MOULD; MYCOTOXICOSIS; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PENICILLIUM; RHIZOPUS; SEED KERNEL; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

AFLATOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FUNGI; OCHRATOXINS; PAKISTAN; SEEDS; ZEA MAYS;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; FUSARIUM; PENICILLIUM; RHIZOPUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77549084880     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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