The importance of genus Alternaria in mycotoxins production and human diseases;Importancia del género Alternaria como productor de micotoxinas y agente causal de enfermedades humanas

Nutricion Hospitalaria

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1772-1781

  Pavon Moreno M A ^a   Gonzalez Alonso I ^a   Martin de Santos R ^a   García Lacarra, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alternaria spp; Food; Human disease; Mycotoxins; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

MYCOTOXIN;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIOSIS; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIOSIS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MYCOTOXINS; PLANT DISEASES;

EID: 84874693907     PISSN: 02121611     EISSN: 16995198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3305/nh.2012.27.6.6017     Document Type: Review

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