Occurrence of aflatoxin B1 in natural products

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1428-1435

  Prado, Guilherme ^a   Altoé, Aline F ^b   Gomes, Tatiana C B ^c   Leal, Alexandre S ^c   Morais, Vanessa A D ^a   Oliveira, Marize S ^a   Ferreira, Marli B ^a   Gomes, Mateus B ^a   Paschoal, Fabiano N ^a   Souza, Rafael von S ^a   Silva, Daniela A ^a   Cruz Madeira, Jovita E G ^a  

^a FUNDAÇÃO EZEQUIEL DIAS   (Brazil)

^b Programa Institucional de Bolsas de Iniciação PIBIC   (Brazil)

^c CENTRO DE DESENVOLVIMENTO DA TECNOLOGIA NUCLEAR   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fungi; High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC); Medicinal plants; Mycotoxin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874365075     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: 16784405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1517-83822012000400026     Document Type: Article

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