Occurrence of Ochratoxin A in Brazilian cocoa beans

Food Control

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 744-748

  De Magalhães, Juliana Teixeira ^a   Sodré, George Andrade ^b   Viscogliosi, Henry ^c   Grenier Loustalot, Marie Florence ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DE MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b CEPLAC ^*  (Brazil)

^c Service Central d'Analyse   (France)

Author keywords

Cocoa beans; Mycotoxin; Ochratoxin

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; PENICILLIUM; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 78650294210     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2010.11.006     Document Type: Article

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