Survey of aflatoxins in retail samples of whole and ground black and white peppercorns

Food Additives and Contaminants: Part B Surveillance

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 178-182

  Jalili, M ^a   Jinap, S ^a   Adzahan, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Aflatoxins; High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC); Plants

Indexed keywords

CAPSICUM; PIPER NIGRUM;

AFLATOXIN;

ANALYSIS; BLACK PEPPER; CHEMISTRY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; VALIDATION STUDY;

AFLATOXINS; BLACK PEPPER; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 77649217959     PISSN: 19393210     EISSN: 19393229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19440040903384190     Document Type: Article

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