Comparing aflatoxin contamination in chilies from Punjab, Pakistan produced in summer and winter

Mycotoxin Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 75-80

  Iqbal, Shahzad Zafar ^a,b   Paterson, R Russell M ^c   Bhatti, Ijaz A ^a   Asi, Muhammad R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^d NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY NIAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Aflatoxins; Chilies; HPLC; Seasons

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD QUALITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PEPPER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SUMMER; TOXIN STRUCTURE; WINTER;

EID: 79956343394     PISSN: 01787888     EISSN: 18671632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12550-010-0078-z     Document Type: Article

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