Evaluation of cultivar susceptibility and storage periods towards aflatoxin B1 contamination on pistachio nuts

Mycotoxin Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 199-203

  Bensassi, Fatma ^a,b   Rhouma, Ali ^c   Ghrab, Mohamed ^d   Bacha, Hassen ^b   Rabeh Hajlaoui, Mohamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^b Faculty of Dentistry   (Tunisia)

^c Olive Tree Institute   (Tunisia)

^d INSTITUT DE L OLIVIER   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin B1; Contamination; ELISA; Pistachio nuts; Storage

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVAR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD STORAGE; HEALTH HAZARD; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; PISTACHIO; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; VARIETAS;

ANIMALIA; PISTACIA VERA;

EID: 77955509073     PISSN: 01787888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12550-010-0054-7     Document Type: Article

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