Decontamination of mycotoxin-containing food and feed by biodegradation

Food Reviews International

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 284-298

  Halász, Anna ^a   Lásztity, Radomir ^b   Abonyi, Tibor ^b   Bata, Árpad ^c  

^a CENTRAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^b BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^c Hungarian Canadian Biotechnological R and D ^*  (Hungary)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Decontamination; Feed; Food; Mycotoxin degrading microorganisms; Mycotoxins

Indexed keywords

DIGESTIVE TRACT; FERMENTED FOODS; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; LIVING ORGANISMS; MIXED CULTURES; MODEL SYSTEM; MYCOTOXINS; POTENTIAL TECHNOLOGIES;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGY; DECONTAMINATION; EXPERIMENTS; FEEDING; FOOD PRODUCTS; MICROORGANISMS;

FOOD MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77954828968     PISSN: 87559129     EISSN: 15256103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87559120903155750     Document Type: Article

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