Efficacy of ozone as a fungicidal and detoxifying agent of aflatoxins in peanuts

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 899-905

  de Alencar, Ernandes Rodrigues ^a   Faroni, Lêda Rita D'Antonino ^b   Soares, Nilda de Fátima Ferreira ^b   da Silva, Washington Azevedo ^b   da Silva Carvalho, Marta Cristina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Food safety; Ozonation; Peanuts; Potentially aflatoxigenic fungi

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; AFLATOXIN B1; FUNGICIDE; OZONE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BRAZIL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; FOOD PRESERVATION; FUNGUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PEANUT; PLANT SEED; TIME;

AFLATOXIN B1; AFLATOXINS; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BRAZIL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PRESERVATION; FOODBORNE DISEASES; FUNGI; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; OZONE; SEEDS; TIME FACTORS;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; FUNGI;

EID: 84856628046     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.4668     Document Type: Article

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