Brazil nuts: determination of natural elements and aflatoxin Castanha do Brasil: determinação de elementos naturais e aflatoxinas

A study was carried out to evaluate the association of levels of radioactivity, selenium and aflatoxin in shelled Brazil nuts, which were classified in different sizes, for export. The selenium determinations were performed by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (LOQ = 3.0 µg g-...

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Main Authors: Maristela Martins, Ariane Mendonça Pacheco, Ana Cyra Santos Lucas, Avacir Casanova Andrello, Carlos Roberto Appoloni, Jose Junior Mendonça Xavier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia 2012-03-01
Series:Acta Amazonica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672012000100018