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Aflatoxins and ochratoxin A: occurrence and contamination levels in cocoa beans from Brazil

Polyane Novais PiresDepartamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC), Campus Soane Nazaré de Andrade, Ilhéus, Bahia, BrazilCorrespondence[email protected]
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Eugênia Azevedo VargasLaboratório de Controle de Qualidade e Segurança Alimentar (LACQSA), Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Mateus Batista GomesLaboratório de Controle de Qualidade e Segurança Alimentar (LACQSA), Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Caroline Brasil Melo VieiraLaboratório de Controle de Qualidade e Segurança Alimentar (LACQSA), Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Eliene Alves dos SantosLaboratório de Controle de Qualidade e Segurança Alimentar (LACQSA), Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Ana Angélica Cangussu BicalhoLaboratório de Controle de Qualidade e Segurança Alimentar (LACQSA), Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Samuel de Carvalho SilvaDepartamento de Saúde, Faculdade de Irecê (FAI), Irecê, Bahia, Brasil
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Rachel Passos RezendeDepartamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC), Campus Soane Nazaré de Andrade, Ilhéus, Bahia, BrazilORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-2969-6788
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Idjane Santana De OliveiraCentro Acadêmico de Vitória – CAV, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Vitória de Santo Antão, Pernambuco, Brazil
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Edna Dora Martins Newman LuzCentro de Pesquisa do Cacau - CEPEC, Setor de Fitopatologia, Comissão Executiva do Plano da Lavoura Cacaueira (CEPLAC), Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil
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Ana Paula Trovatti UetanabaroDepartamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC), Campus Soane Nazaré de Andrade, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil
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Pages 815-824 | Received 17 Jan 2019, Accepted 14 Mar 2019, Published online: 11 Apr 2019

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Daiane Cássia Pereira Abreu, Eugenia Azevedo Vargas, Fabiano Aurelio da Silva Oliveira, Ana Paula Trovatti Uetanabaro, Polyane Novais Pires, Matheus Julien Ferreira Bazzana & Adelir Aparecida Saczk. (2023) Study of co-occurrence of mycotoxins in cocoa beans in Brazil by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A 40:8, pages 1049-1058.
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