Aflatoxin contamination detected in nutrient and anti-oxidant rich edible stink bug stored in recycled grain containers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Musundire, Robert ^a,b   Osuga, Isaac M ^a,c   Cheseto, Xavier ^a   Irungu, Janet ^a   Torto, Baldwyn ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b Chinhoyi University of Technology   (Zimbabwe)

^c KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; PHOSPHORUS; AMINO ACID; ANTIOXIDANT; CARCINOGEN; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCOSTERNUM DELEGORGUEI; FAT CONTENT; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD STORAGE; INSECT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PROTEIN CONTENT; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOXIN ANALYSIS; AFRICA; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FOOD QUALITY; HETEROPTERA; HUMAN;

AFLATOXIN B1; AFRICA, SOUTHERN; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARCINOGENS; FATTY ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD STORAGE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HETEROPTERA; HUMANS;

EID: 84954191974     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145914     Document Type: Article

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