Mycotoxins: Contamination of dried fruits and degradation by ozone

Toxin Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 51-59

  Karaca, Hakan ^a   Velioglu, Y Sedat ^a   Nas, Sebahattin ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aflatoxins; Decontamination; Detoxification; Ochratoxin A; Ozonation; Patulin

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; MYCOTOXIN; OCHRATOXIN; OZONE;

APRICOT; CROP; DRIED FRUIT; FIGS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PRESERVATION; FOOD PROCESSING; FRUIT; FUNGUS GROWTH; MOULD; NONHUMAN; OZONATION; RAISIN; REVIEW; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 77953341380     PISSN: 15569543     EISSN: 15569551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15569543.2010.485714     Document Type: Review

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