Chemical strategies applied to maize and peanut storage agroecosystem in argentina to prevent aflatoxin contamination

Food Storage

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 65-98

  Etcheverry, Miriam G ^a   Nesci, Andrea V ^a   Passone, María A ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aflatoxins; Chemical control; Fungitoxic effect; Phytochemicals; Synthetic antioxidants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892284016     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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