Natural occurrence of aflatoxins in dry fruits and edible nuts

Food Control

Volumn 55, Issue , 2015, Pages 62-65

  Masood, Muhammad ^a   Iqbal, Shahzad Zafar ^b,c   Asi, Muhammad Rafique ^d   Malik, Noeen ^e  

^a Government Post Graduate College of Science   (Pakistan)

^b GOVERNMENT COLLEGE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY NIAB   (Pakistan)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aflatoxins; Dry fruits; Edible nuts; HPLC

Indexed keywords

CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS;

EID: 84924527498     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2015.02.041     Document Type: Article

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