Detection of argemone oil in mustard oil.
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Argemone and Mustard Seeds
There is at present considerable agitation in the country over the adulteration of mustard oil with argemone oil. It has been fully realized that ingestion of mustard oil contaminated with argemone oil produces symptoms similar to those of epidemic dropsy. The experiments carried out in the field and the observations made by the various workers in this respect support the argemone contamination...
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Bulletin of the Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine
دوره 13 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1965