Occurrence of aflatoxins in milk thistle herbal supplements

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 994-999

  Tournas, V H ^a   Sapp, C ^b   Trucksess, M W ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

aflatoxins; chromatography HPLC; dietary supplements

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXINS; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; ASPERGILLUS; DAIRIES; FOOD ADDITIVES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUIDS; METABOLITES; NUTRITION; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; VITAMINS;

AFLATOXIN ANALYSIS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CHROMATOGRAPHY - HPLC; FLUORESCENCE DETECTION; IMMUNOAFFINITY COLUMNS; LIMIT OF QUANTIFICATIONS; RELATIVE STANDARD DEVIATIONS; SECONDARY METABOLITES;

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS;

AFLATOXIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; SILYBUM MARIANUM EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILYBUM MARIANUM;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; FUNGI; SILYBUM MARIANUM;

EID: 84860898476     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2012.664788     Document Type: Article

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