Modeling Growth Rate and Assessing Aflatoxins Production by Aspergillus flavus as a Function of Water Activity and Temperature on Polished and Brown Rice

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Mousa, Wael ^a   Ghazali, Farinazleen Mohd ^a   Jinap, Selamat ^a   Ghazali, Hasanah Mohd ^a   Radu, Son ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Aspergillus flavus; Brown rice; Modeling; Polished rice; Temperature; Water activity

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RICE; TEMPERATURE;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORYZA SATIVA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; FUNGI;

EID: 84872195239     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: 17503841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2012.02986.x     Document Type: Article

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