Quantitation of aflatoxins in pistachios and groundnuts using HPLC-FLD method

Food Control

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 75-81

  Hepsag, Fatma ^a   Golge, Ozgur ^a   Kabak, Bulent ^b  

^a Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock General Directorate of Food and Control Food Control Laboratory   (Turkey)

^b HITIT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

AFS; AFT; AFB1; AFB2; AFG1; AFG2; Aflatoxins; Groundnut; HPLC FLD; IAC; LOD; LOQ; MTL; Occurrence; Pistachio; RSD; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886715116     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2013.10.005     Document Type: Article

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