Contamination of common spices in Saudi Arabia markets with potential mycotoxin-producing fungi

Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 167-175

  Hashem, Mohamed ^a,b   Alamri, Saad ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Assiut University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial effect; Fungi; Mycotoxins; Spices

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI; MYCOTA; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM ARENICOLA; RHIZOPUS; RHUS; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

EID: 77949914900     PISSN: 1319562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2010.02.011     Document Type: Article

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