Ochratoxin A and ochratoxigenic black Aspergillus species in Tunisian grapes cultivated in different geographic areas

Food Control

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-80

  Lasram, Salma ^a   Oueslati, Souheib ^a   Mliki, Ahmed ^a   Ghorbel, Abdelwahed ^a   Silar, Phillipe ^b   Chebil, Samir ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE BORJ CÉDRIA   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Aspergillus carbonarius; Black aspergilli; Grape; HPLC; Ochratoxin A

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS CARBONARIUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI; VITACEAE;

EID: 80155187574     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2011.10.006     Document Type: Article

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