Aflatoxins contamination in peanut and peanut products commercially available in retail markets of Punjab, Pakistan

Food Control

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-86

  Iqbal, Shahzad Zafar ^a   Asi, Muhammad Rafique ^b   Zuber, Mohammad ^a   Akram, Noreen ^a   Batool, Nitasha ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT COLLEGE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY NIAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Aflatoxins; HPLC; Peanut and peanut products

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA;

EID: 84871706226     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2012.11.024     Document Type: Article

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