Aflatoxin B1 production by Aspergillus parasiticus and strains of Aspergillus section Nigri in currants of Greek origin

Food Control

Volumn 43, Issue , 2014, Pages 121-128

  Kostarelou, Paraskevi ^a   Kanapitsas, Alexandros ^a   Pyrri, Ioanna ^a   Kapsanaki Gotsi, Evangelia ^a   Markaki, Panagiota ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aspergillus parasiticus; Aspergillus section Nigri; Currants; HPLC; Yeast extract sucrose

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896979636     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2014.02.011     Document Type: Article

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