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Sanguinarine

A benzophenanthridine alkaloid (C20H14NO4+) present in Argemone mexicana seed oil. The principal toxic component of argemone-oil contamination in mustard oil; inhibits pyruvate dehydrogenase and Na+-K+-ATPase, causing the capillary-permeability syndrome of epidemic dropsy.

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Acid-insoluble ashEpidemic dropsyFSSAI Manual of MethodsHHXRFICP-MSLead chromate (PbCrO4)Lead isotope source attributionRASFFSudan dyes (I-IV)

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