Occurrence of toxigenic Aspergillus spp. and aflatoxins in selected food commodities of Asian origin sourced in the West of Scotland

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages 653-658

  Ruadrew, Sayan ^a   Craft, John ^a   Aidoo, Kofi ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aflatoxins; Aspergillus spp.; Food commodities

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; AFLATOXIN B1; AFLATOXIN B2; AFLATOXIN G1; AFLATOXIN G2;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS OCHRACEUS; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; ASPERGILLUS UTUS; BLACK PEPPER; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROTIUM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MONASCUS; MUCOR; NONHUMAN; PEANUT; PENICILLIUM; PLUM; RHIZOPUS; RICE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; SCOTLAND; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84874704280     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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