Occurrence of aflatoxin M1 in some samples of UHT, raw & pasteurized milk from Indian states of Karnataka and Tamilnadu

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 4158-4162

  Siddappa, Vinutha ^a   Nanjegowda, Divyashree Kallenahalli ^a   Viswanath, Prema ^a  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin M1; HPLC; India; Raw milk; UHT milk

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN M1;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDIA; MILK; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAW FOOD; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

AFLATOXIN M1; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FOOD CONTAMINATION; INDIA; MILK; PASTEURIZATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84866273324     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2012.08.034     Document Type: Article

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