Current trends in aflatoxin research

Acta Biologica Szegediensis

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 95-107

  Baranyi, Nikolett ^a   Kocsubé́, Sándor ^a   Vágvölgyi, Csaba ^a   Varga, János ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Aspergillus; Biosynthesis; Climate change; Sequence based identification

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; AFLATOXIN B1; CYTOCHROME P450; MYCOTOXIN; STERIGMATOCYSTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERSICOLORIN A; VERSICOLORIN B;

AFLATOXICOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHAETOMIUM; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMERICELLA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL DETECTION; GENE CLUSTER; HABITAT; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PODOSPORA; POSTHARVEST PERIOD; RESEARCH; REVIEW; TROPICS; VEGETATION;

EID: 84901372842     PISSN: 1588385X     EISSN: 15884082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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