Adulteration of mustard cooking oil with argemone oil: do Indian food regulatory policies and antioxidant therapy both need revisitation?
Consumption of adulterated mustard oil (Brassica nigra) with argemone oil (Argemone mexicana) even for a short duration leads to a clinical condition referred as epidemic dropsy. In humans, argemone oil contained in adulterated mustard oil causes oxidative stress and death of red blood cells via met-hemoglobin formation by altering pyridine nucleotide(s) and glutathione redox potential. Argemone oil contamination poses a serious threat to human health and should be checked by appropriate regulatory measures. Antioxidant therapy provides symptomatic relief and should be seriously considered for therapeutic interventions against argemone oil toxicity.
The present study aimed to analysis the aftermath of science learning based on an integrated scientific approach to local potential, onion agriculture, towards the science process skill of 7th grade of junior high school students. The study was a quasi-experimental research with non-equivalent control group design. The object of this experiment was all classes in the 7th grade of Wedarijaksa 2 junior high school. Cluster random sampling was used to gather the sample, as the result, two over seven classes were randomly chosen. Data that be used in the research were the result of science process skill test. Data were analyzed using One-way Anova. The result shows that there is a significant impact of science learning based on scientific approach to local potential, in this case is onion agriculture, towards process science skill of the students.