Black Aspergilli and fumonisin contamination in onions purchased in Hungary

Acta Alimentaria

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 414-423

  Varga, J ^a   Kocsube S ^a   Szigeti, Gy ^a   Man, V ^a   Toth B ^b   Vágvölgyi, Cs ^a   Bartok T ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b CEREAL RESEARCH NON PROFIT COMPANY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^d Fumizol Ltd   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Aspergillus awamori; Aspergillus section Nigri; calmodulin; fumonisin; HPLC ESI ITMS; onion; sequence based identification

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS AWAMORI; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; MYCOTA;

EID: 84863594862     PISSN: 01393006     EISSN: 15882535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AAlim.41.2012.4.3     Document Type: Article

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