Mould and mycotoxin exposure assessment of melon and bush mango seeds, two common soup thickeners consumed in Nigeria

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 237, Issue , 2016, Pages 83-91

  Ezekiel, Chibundu N ^a   Sulyok, Michael ^b   Somorin, Yinka ^c   Odutayo, Foluke I ^a   Nwabekee, Stella U ^a   Balogun, Afeez T ^a   Krska, Rudolf ^b  

^a BABCOCK UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Aflatoxins; Colocynthis citrullus L.; Food safety; Fungal metabolites; Fungi; Irvingia gabonensis; Mycotoxins

Indexed keywords

3 NITROPROPIONIC ACID; AFLATOXIN B1; AFLATOXIN B2; AFLATOXIN G1; AFLATOXIN G2; AFLATOXIN M1; ALAMETHICIN; ANDRASTIN A; ASCOCHLORIN; ASPERFURAN; ASPERGLAUCIDE; ASPINOLID B; AVERANTIN; AVERUFIN; BEAUVERICIN; BIKAVERIN; BREVIANAMID F; BUTENOLIDE; CHLOROCITREOROSEIN; CITREOROSEIN; CURVULARIN; CYCLOPIAZONIC ACID; CYTOCHALASIN D; EMODIN; HT 2 TOXIN; MONILIFORMIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; MYCOTOXIN; T 2 TOXIN; TENUAZONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AFLATOXIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; ASPERGILLUS PARVISCLEROTIGENUS; ASPERGILLUS TAMARII; FOOD; FOOD SAFETY; FUSARIUM; INCIDENCE; MANGO; METABOLITE; MOISTURE; MOULD; MUCORALES; MUSKMELON; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PLANT SEED; TRICHODERMA; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANALYSIS; CLASSIFICATION; CUCURBITACEAE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUNGUS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MANGIFERA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

AFLATOXINS; CUCURBITACEAE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUNGI; MANGIFERA; MYCOTOXINS; NIGERIA; SEEDS; T-2 TOXIN;

EID: 84982238954     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2016.08.019     Document Type: Article

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