De-contamination of pesticide residues in food by ionizing radiation

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 473-478

  Basfar, Ahmed A ^a   Mohamed, Khaled A ^a   Al Saqer, Omar A ^a  

^a King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Energy Research Institute   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Food decontamination; Gamma irradiation; Pesticide residues

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED DOSE; CYPERMETHRINS; FOOD DECONTAMINATION; GAMMA IRRADIATION; IRRADIATION DOSE; MAXIMUM RESIDUE LIMITS; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PIRIMIPHOS-METHYL;

FRUITS; IONIZING RADIATION; IRRADIATION; PESTICIDES; RADIATION DECONTAMINATION; RADIATION SHIELDING; SOLUTIONS; VEGETABLES;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

CIPERMETHRIN; MALATHION; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; PIRIMIPHOS METHYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DATE (FRUIT); FOOD DECONTAMINATION; FOOD IRRADIATION; FOOD PROCESSING; FRUIT; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRAPE; IONIZING RADIATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ONION; POTATO; RADIATION DOSE; VEGETABLE;

EID: 84856406138     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: 18790895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2011.12.040     Document Type: Article

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