Aflatoxins in food products in Iran: A review of the literature

Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Hedayati, Mohammad Taghi ^a   Omran, Saeid Mahdavi ^b   Soleymani, Abbas ^b   Armaki, Mojtaba Taghizadeh ^a  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b BABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Foods; Iran

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; MYCOTOXIN; YOGHURT;

ANIMAL FOOD; BREAD; CHEESE; DAIRY PRODUCT; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; FRUIT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ICE CREAM; IRAN; MILK; MILK LEVEL; NONHUMAN; NUT; PASTEURIZATION; PISTACHIO; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RICE; SESAME; TOXIN ANALYSIS; WHEAT; WHEAT FLOUR;

EID: 84983541814     PISSN: 20083645     EISSN: 20084161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/jjm.33235     Document Type: Review

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