Microbial strategies to control aflatoxins in food and feed

World Mycotoxin Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 413-424

  Guan, S ^a,b,c   Zhou, T ^c   Yin, Y ^a,b   Xie, M ^a   Ruan, Z ^a   Young, J C ^c  

^a NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c GUELPH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

aflatoxin; biocontrol strategies; mycotoxigenic fungi

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1; AFLATOXIN B2; CATALASE; COUMARIN; CYTOCHROME P450; LACCASE; LACTOPEROXIDASE; MICROBIAL ENZYME; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PEROXIDASE; PROTEINASE K; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BINDING KINETICS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BODY WEIGHT; CARBON SOURCE; CELL WALL; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; HEAT TREATMENT; HYDROGEN BOND; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOCOCCUS; MICROBIAL KINETICS; MUTAGENICITY; MYXOCOCCUS FULVUS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLEUROTUS OSTREATUS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXIN STRUCTURE; TRAMETES VERSICOLOR; YEAST;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI;

EID: 80455124043     PISSN: 18750710     EISSN: 18750796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/WMJ2011.1290     Document Type: Article

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