Screening of moulds and mycotoxins in tomatoes, bell peppers, onions, soft red fruits and derived tomato products

Food Control

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 165-170

  Van de Perre, Evelien ^a   Deschuyffeleer, Nick ^a,b   Jacxsens, Liesbeth ^a   Vekeman, Femke ^a   Van Der Hauwaert, Wendy ^b   Asam, Stefan ^c   Rychlik, Michael ^c   Devlieghere, Frank ^a   De Meulenaer, Bruno ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

AF; Alternaria; AME; AOH; DON; DRBC; FB; Fruit; HPLC; LB; LC TOF MS; LOD; LOQ; MEA; Mould; Mycotoxin; OTA; TeA; UB; Vegetable

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885449322     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2013.09.034     Document Type: Article

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