Levels of mycotoxins and sample cytotoxicity of selected organic and conventional grain-based products purchased from Finnish and Italian markets

Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 299-307

  Jestol, Marika ^a,c   Somma, Maria Carmela ^b   Kouva, Merja ^a   Veijalainen, Pirjo ^a   Rizzo, Aldo ^a   Ritieni, Alberto ^b   Peltonen, Kimmo ^a  

^a NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Grain based products; Mycotoxins; Organic agriculture

Indexed keywords

ENNIATIN; MYCOTOXIN; VOMITOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BABY FOOD; CAT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOTOXICITY; FETUS; FUSARIUM; GRAIN; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; MARKET; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS; CATS; CELL DEATH; CEREALS; FETUS; FINLAND; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUSARIUM; HEALTH FOOD; ITALY; LUNG; MYCOTOXINS;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; FUSARIUM;

EID: 9944223649     PISSN: 16134125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.200400026     Document Type: Article

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