Natural occurrence of Aflatoxin B1 in peanut collected from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Food Control

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1760-1764

  Kamika, I ^a,b   Takoy, Losona L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin B1; Aspergillus; DRC; Fungus; Mycotoxin; Peanut

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; ASPERGILLUS; FUNGI;

EID: 79957870569     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2011.04.010     Document Type: Article

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