2,6-Di-Tert-Butyl-Hydroxytoluene and Its Metabolites in Foods

Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 67-80

  Nieva Echevarría, Bárbara ^a   Manzanos, María J ^a   Goicoechea, Encarnación ^a   Guillén, María D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Analytical techniques; BHT; Dietary exposure; Food safety; Metabolites

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOMOLECULES; DEGRADATION; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH RISKS; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

ANALYTICAL DETERMINATION; ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; BHT; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; DIETARY EXPOSURE; HUMAN DIETARY EXPOSURES; PHENOLIC ANTIOXIDANT; PRO-OXIDANT PROPERTIES;

METABOLITES;

EID: 84916212585     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15414337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1541-4337.12121     Document Type: Article

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