Isolation and identification of toxigenic and non-toxigenic fungi in samples of medicinal plants from the market

Isolation and identification of toxigenic and non-toxigenic fungi in samples of medicinal plants from the market

ABSTRACT:The consumption of preparations of medicinal plants has been increasing during the last decades in occidental societies. The presence of toxigenic fungi in a plant product may represent a potential risk of contamination, because of aflatoxins and ochratoxins. In this study, 12 samples of me...

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Main Authors: C.G. PEREIRA, J.R.O. SILVA, L.R. BATISTA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual Paulista 2015-06-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Plantas Medicinais
Subjects:
Aspergillus
Penicillium
Fungos
Micotoxinas
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-05722015000200262&lng=en&tlng=en

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