Benzo[a]pyrene and total polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) levels in vegetable oils and fats do not reflect the occurrence of the eight genotoxic PAHs

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 869-878

  Alomirah, Husam ^a   Al Zenki, Sameer ^a   Husain, Adnan ^a   Sawaya, Wajih ^a   Ahmed, Nisar ^a   Gevao, Bondi ^a   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^b  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzo a pyrene; Oils and fats; Pah8; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

ACENAPHTHENE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ALLYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; ANTHRACENE; ARACHIS OIL; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BLENDED OLIVE OIL; CANOLA OIL; CARCINOGEN; CHRYSENE; CORN OIL; FAT; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; MARGARINE; MIXED VEGETABLE OIL; NAPHTHALENE; OLIVE OIL; PALM OLEIN OIL; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POMACE OLIVE OIL; PYRENE; SESAME SEED OIL; SOYBEAN OIL; SUNFLOWER OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL; VIRGIN OLIVE OIL;

ARTICLE; BUTTER; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENOTOXICITY; KUWAIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; ELAEIS; HELIANTHUS; SESAMUM INDICUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77952606746     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19440040903493793     Document Type: Article

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