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January 2015 in “Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science” Eating raw cotton seeds can cause hair loss, likely due to gossypol.
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January 2002 in “Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin” A new method quickly extracts and identifies proteins from hair and other keratin sources.
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