Use of cold atmospheric plasma to detoxify hazelnuts from aflatoxins

Toxins

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Siciliano, Ilenia ^a   Spadaro, Davide ^a   Prelle, Ambra ^a   Vallauri, Dario ^b   Cavallero, Maria Chiara ^b   Garibaldi, Angelo ^a   Gullino, Maria Lodovica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Tecnogranda SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aflatoxins; Cold atmospheric pressure plasma; Detoxification; Hazelnut; Nitrogen; Nuts; Temperature; Time

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; AFLATOXIN B2; AFLATOXIN G2; PLASMA GAS;

ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARCINOGENICITY; COLD TOLERANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAZELNUT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEMPERATURE; CHEMISTRY; COLD; NUT; PLASMA GAS;

AFLATOXINS; COLD TEMPERATURE; CORYLUS; NUTS; PLASMA GASES;

EID: 84964879081     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins8050125     Document Type: Article

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