Ochratoxin a in cocoa and chocolate sampled in Canada

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 762-766

  Turcotte, A M ^a   Scott, P M ^a  

^a FOOD RESEARCH DIVISION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clean up affinity columns; Cocoa; Extraction; High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC); Mycotoxins; Ochratoxin A

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; BAKERIES; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; EXTRACTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; RECOVERY; SODIUM BICARBONATE;

CLEAN-UP - AFFINITY COLUMNS; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; EUROPEAN UNION LIMITS; FLUORESCENCE DETECTION; IMMUNOAFFINITY COLUMNS; LIMIT OF QUANTIFICATIONS; MYCOTOXINS; OCHRATOXIN A;

COCOA;

BICARBONATE; METHANOL; OCHRATOXIN;

ARTICLE; CACAO; CANADA; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 79957988468     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2010.508796     Document Type: Article

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