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Do green onions make us cry? Why or why not?

Question #103301. Asked by BRY2K.

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darthrevan89
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Apparently not:

Why Don’t Green Onions Make Us Cry? The onion’s relatives, like green onions, shallots, leeks and garlic, also produce sulfenic acids when cut, but they generally have fewer (or no) LF-synthase enzymes and don’t produce syn-propanethial-S-oxide.
link http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/22202

Feb 24 2009, 12:38 PM
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