Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Bangladeshi vegetables and fruits

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 244-247

  Hossain, M Amzad ^a   Hoque, Mohammad Zahirul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Carcinogenic PAHs Bangladeshi vegetables Quantification GC MS

Indexed keywords

BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[E]PYRENE; CHRYSENE; CYCLOHEXANE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; PYRENE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

APPLE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CABBAGE; CARCINOGENICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PROCESSING; FRUIT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLLUTION; SAPONIFICATION; TOMATO; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VEGETABLE;

BANGLADESH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FRUIT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VEGETABLES;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 78650290478     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.10.023     Document Type: Article

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