Survey of ergosterol, zearalenone and trichothecene contamination in maize from Nigeria

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 837-842

  Bankole, Samuel A ^a   Schollenberger, Margit ^b   Drochner, Winfried ^b  

^a OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ergosterol; Farmers' grain stores; Food analysis; Food composition; Food contamination; Food safety; Food security; Fusarium; Maize; Markets; Minimum residue levels; Nigeria; Storage; Trading standards; Trichothecenes; Zearalenone

Indexed keywords

FUSARIUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78649787419     PISSN: 08891575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2010.02.012     Document Type: Article

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