Association between aflatoxin and aflatoxigenic fungi in Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa H.B.K.) Associação de aflatoxinas e fungos aflatoxigênicos em castanha-do-Brasil (Bertholletia excelsa H.B.K.)

Association between aflatoxin and aflatoxigenic fungi in Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa H.B.K.) Associação de aflatoxinas e fungos aflatoxigênicos em castanha-do-Brasil (Bertholletia excelsa H.B.K.)

Brazil nut has a high nutritional content and is a very important trade commodity to some Latin American countries. In order to evaluate its safety, 120 samples from different stages of the productive chain were analyzed in terms of: moisture content (mc), aflatoxigenic fungi and aflatoxin (LOQ = 1....

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Main Authors: Ariane Mendonça Pacheco, Ana Lucas, Rosana Parente, Neuzimar Pacheco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos 2010-06-01
Series:Food Science and Technology
Subjects:
Bertholletia
Aspergillus
umidade
cromatografia
moisture
chromatography
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612010000200007

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