Mycotoxicological research in South Africa 1910-2011

World Mycotoxin Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 89-102

  Marasas, W E O ^a   Gelderblom, W C A ^a,b   Shephard, G S ^a   Vismer, H F ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

fumonisins; intervention; mycotoxicosis; mycotoxigenic fungi; risk assessment; South Africa

Indexed keywords

FUMONISIN; MYCOTOXIN;

AFLATOXICOSIS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIPLODIOSIS; ECZEMA; ERGOTISM; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FUNGUS; FUSARIUM MONILIFORME; HUMAN; HYPERESTROGENISM; LEUKOENCEPHALOMALACIA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUPINOSIS; MAIZE; MYCOTOXICOSIS; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OCHRATOXICOSIS; PASPALUM; REVIEW; SOUTH AFRICA; STACHYBOTRYOTOXICOSIS; STENOCARPELLA MAYDIS; TAXONOMY; TREMORGENIC MYCOTOXICOSIS;

BOS; DIPLODIA; FUNGI; GIBBERELLA MONILIFORMIS; PASPALUM; STENOCARPELLA MAYDIS; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84856449206     PISSN: 18750710     EISSN: 18750796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/WMJ2011.1322     Document Type: Review

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