Infection by mycotoxigenic fungal species and mycotoxin contamination of maize grain in Umbria, central Italy

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2365-2369

  Covarelli, Lorenzo ^a   Beccari, Giovanni ^a   Salvi, Selene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Fumonisins; Fusarium; Maize; Mycotoxins; Penicillium

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; FUMONISIN; MYCOTOXIN; VOMITOXIN; ZEARALENONE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL PLANT DISEASE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUSARIUM MONILIFORME; FUSARIUM PROLIFERATUM; FUSARIUM SUBGLUTINANS; ITALY; KERNEL METHOD; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING TEST; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

FUNGI; ITALY; MYCOTOXINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZEA MAYS;

ASPERGILLUS; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM PROLIFERATUM; FUSARIUM SUBGLUTINANS; PENICILLIUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79960839709     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2011.06.047     Document Type: Article

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