Incidence of aflatoxins in commercial nuts in the holy city of Mekkah

Food Control

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 121-124

  El tawila, Mahmoud M ^a   Neamatallah, Abdullatif ^a   Serdar, Sadeq A ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Aflatoxins; HPLC; IAC; Mekkah; Nuts

Indexed keywords

ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; CORYLUS; JUGLANS; PISTACIA VERA; PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 84862991546     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2012.06.004     Document Type: Article

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