Identification and quantification of fungi and mycotoxins from Pu-erh tea

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 316-322

  Haas, Doris ^a   Pfeifer, Bettina ^a   Reiterich, Christoph ^b   Partenheimer, Regina ^b   Reck, Bernhard ^b   Buzina, Walter ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b R Biopharm AG Rhome Ltd Scotland   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Fumonisin; Fungi; Mycotoxins; Ochratoxin; Pu erh tea

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1; AFLATOXIN B2; AFLATOXIN G1; AFLATOXIN G2; FUMONISIN; FUMONISIN B1; FUMONISIN B2; FUMONISIN B3; MYCOTOXIN; OCHRATOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSIDIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS ACIDUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS OCHRACEUS; ASPERGILLUS PENICILLIOIDES; ASPERGILLUS REPENS; ASPERGILLUS TAMARII; ASPERGILLUS TUBINGENSIS; ASPERGILLUS VERSICOLOR; BYSSOCHLAMYS; BYSSOCHLAMYS SPECTABILIS; CHALARA MICROCHONA; CLADOSPORIUM CLADOSPORIOIDES; COLONY FORMING UNIT; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; ENGYODONTIUM; EUROTIUM; EUROTIUM AMSTELODAMI; EUROTIUM CHEVALIERI; EUROTIUM HERBARIORUM; FUNGAL COMMUNITY; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUSARIUM; GEOMYCES PANNORUM; GEOTRICHUM; LEPTOSPHAERULINA CHARTARUM; MUCOR HIEMALIS; MYCELIA STERILIA; PAECILOMYCES; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM CITRINUM; PENICILLIUM COMMUNE; PENICILLIUM CRUSTOSUM; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM; PENICILLIUM GLABRUM; PENICILLIUM ITALICUM; PENICILLIUM PICEUM; PENICILLIUM POLONICUM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHIZOMUCOR; SCEDOSPORIUM; SCEDOSPORIUM PROLIFICANS; TEA; ZYGOMYCETES;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM; ZYGOMYCETES;

EID: 84882946591     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2013.07.024     Document Type: Article

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