Aspergillus section Flavi and aflatoxins in Algerian wheat and derived products

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2772-2777

  Riba, Amar ^a   Bouras, Noureddine ^a   Mokrane, Salim ^a   Mathieu, Florence ^b   Lebrihi, Ahmed ^b   Sabaou, Nasserdine ^a  

^a Ecole Normale Superieure de Kouba   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Algerian wheat; Aspergillus; Cyclopiazonic acid; Sclerotia; Section Flavi

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; AFLATOXIN B1; CYCLOPIAZONIC ACID;

ALGERIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS TAMARII; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOUR; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL SCLEROTIUM; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HARVEST PERIOD; NONHUMAN; WHEAT;

AFLATOXINS; ALGERIA; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; FLOUR; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; INDOLES; TRITICUM;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS TAMARII; SEMOLINA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77956342866     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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