Common African cooking processes do not affect the aflatoxin binding efficacy of refined calcium montmorillonite clay

Food Control

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 27-32

  Elmore, Sarah E ^a   Mitchell, Nicole ^a   Mays, Travis ^a   Brown, Kristal ^a   Marroquin Cardona, Alicia ^a   Romoser, Amelia ^a   Phillips, Timothy D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AFB1; Cornmeal; Enterosorption therapy; Food safety; UPSN

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884914108     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2013.08.037     Document Type: Article

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