Determination of aflatoxins in commercial nuts and nut products using liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry

World Mycotoxin Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 119-127

  Leong, Y H ^a   Ismail, N ^a   Latiff, A A ^b   Manaf, N A ^b   Rosma, A ^a  

^a Universiti Sains Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

aflatoxins; analysis; peanut; validation

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; AFLATOXIN B1; AFLATOXIN B2; AFLATOXIN G1; AFLATOXIN G2; AFLATOXIN M1;

ACCURACY; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ARTICLE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; EXTRACTION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALAYSIA; NUT; PEANUT; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA;

EID: 79955069899     PISSN: 18750710     EISSN: 18750796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/WMJ2010.1229     Document Type: Article

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