Development of a simple and high-throughput method for detecting aflatoxins production in culture media

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 82-89

  Degola, F ^a   Dall'Asta, C ^a   Restivo, F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Food safety; Mycotoxins; Rapid methods

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS; FLUORESCENCE; FOOD SAFETY; THROUGHPUT; TOXICITY;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CULTURE MEDIUM; FOOD-SAFETY; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; HIGH-THROUGHPUT METHOD; LIQUID MEDIA; MICROPLATES; RAPID METHOD; SIMPLE++; TIME DEPENDENT;

MYCOTOXINS;

AFLATOXIN; CYCLODEXTRIN; THIOCTIC ACID;

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DETECTION METHOD; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SAFETY; FUNGUS; INOCULATION; PROFITABILITY; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; COCONUT; CROP; CULTURE MEDIUM; FLUORESCENCE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MYCELIAL GROWTH; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS;

EID: 84862250399     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2012.03264.x     Document Type: Article

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