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Paper Title
Argemone Oil, A Commom Adulterant Of Musterd Oil In India : Threat To Human Health
Authors
Dr. Nilanjana Bhattacharyya Nath
Abstract
Food is declared adulterated if a substance is added which depreciates or injuriously affects it. Adulterated food is dangerous because it may be toxic and can affect health and it could deprive nutrients essential for proper growth and development. Mustard oil is widely used for cooking in North India and Eastern India. In Bengal, Orissa, Assam, Meghalaya and Manipur, it is the traditionally preferred medium for cooking food. The oil makes up about 30% of the mustard seeds. It can be produced either from black mustard (Brassica nigra), brown Indian mustard (B. juncea), and white mustard (B. hirta) seeds. Due to close resemblance with mustard seeds, Argemone mexicana seeds are often mixed as an adulterant with mustard seeds, while extracting oil for edible purposes. Such oils are tremendous health hazard. The Argemone oil contains toxic alkaloid sanguinarine which is able to resist normal cooking temperatures and hence appears to be heat stable. Sanguinarine can be retained in the gastrointestinal tract, liver, lung, kidney, heart and serum up to 96 hours after ingestion, due to binding to plasma proteins. This may lead to a condition similar to epidemic dropsy. It is a form of edema of extremities due to poisoning by Argemone Mexicana. Epidemic dropsy occurs as an epidemic in places where use of mustard oil as cooking medium and as massage oil is common.
Keywords- Adulteration, Mustard oil, Argemone oil, Sanguinarine, Epidemic dropsy
Publication Details
Unique Identification Number - IJEDR1904072Page Number(s) - 407-410Pubished in - Volume 7 | Issue 4 | December 2019DOI (Digital Object Identifier) - Publisher - IJEDR (ISSN - 2321-9939)
Cite this Article
Dr. Nilanjana Bhattacharyya Nath, "Argemone Oil, A Commom Adulterant Of Musterd Oil In India : Threat To Human Health", International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR), ISSN:2321-9939, Volume.7, Issue 4, pp.407-410, December 2019, Available at :http://www.ijedr.org/papers/IJEDR1904072.pdf
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