Fumonisin contamination of maize in Burkina Faso, West Africa

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 865-870

  Nikiema P N ^a   Worrillow, L ^b   Traore A S ^a   Wild, C P ^b   Turner, P C ^b  

^a Centre de recherche en sciences biologiques alimentaires et nutritionnelles (CRSBAN)   (Burkina Faso)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Fumonisin; Maize; Mycotoxin; West Africa

Indexed keywords

FUMONISIN; FUMONISIN B1; FUMONISIN B2; MYCOTOXIN; PHTHALALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; DERIVATIZATION; DIETARY INTAKE; EXPOSURE; EXTRACTION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD STORAGE; FUSARIUM; MAIZE; MARKET; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

AGRICULTURE; BURKINA FASO; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FUMONISINS; HUMANS; MYCOTOXINS; RURAL HEALTH; ZEA MAYS;

JOTURUS PICHARDI; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 8544283076     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030400004242     Document Type: Article

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