Fungal profiles in various milk thistle botanicals from US retail

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 87-91

  Tournas, V H ^a   Rivera Calo, J ^b   Sapp, C ^c  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Enumeration; Fungal contaminants; Identification; Milk thistle botanicals

Indexed keywords

SILYBUM MARIANUM EXTRACT;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HERB; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PLATING MEDIUM; SILYBUM MARIANUM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877150041     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2013.03.026     Document Type: Article

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