Why Chopping Onions Makes Us Cry - Verywell Health
2024年10月3日 · We cry, and sometimes laugh at ourselves when we chop onions with tears streaming down our cheeks. Crying usually occurs about 30 seconds after you cut an onion open. The tearing starts to slow down after about five minutes of cutting. As hard as we try, we usually can't control the flow of tears caused by the fumes of the onions. Why does this ...
Why Do Onions Make You Cry? Enzymes, Treatments & More - Healthline
2020年9月22日 · Why do onions make you cry? Learn what happens when you cut onions, how you can treat onion tears at home, and how to prevent crying from onions.
Here's The Real Reason Cutting Onions Makes You Cry
2017年9月28日 · Certainly sweeter onions tend to have less of the sulphur-containing compounds that eventually produce the propanthial s-oxide. But it's also possible that no two onions from the same bag will have the same effect, so cutting into the vegetable may be the only way to know if it will make you cry.
Why onions make us cry - Science News Explores
2017年10月2日 · Cut an onion and your eyes may start to burn and tears may run down your face. Scientists have been investigating why this happens for decades. Now some researchers have uncovered a new piece of the complex answer.
Why does chopping an onion make you cry? - Library of Congress
2019年11月19日 · Lachrymatory-factor synthase is released into the air when we cut an onion. The synthase enzyme converts the amino acids sulfoxides of the onion into sulfenic acid. The unstable sulfenic acid rearranges itself into syn-Propanethial-S-oxide.
Mayo Clinic Minute: Why do onions make you cry?
2017年10月9日 · Cut up an onion, and you’ll likely cry a few tears. It’s the result of a chemical reaction you start with the first slice of your knife – a reaction that researchers continue to explore.
Why does slicing onions make you cry? - Live Science
2022年1月17日 · The culprit is called the lachrymatory factor, a chemical that irritates the eyes. When the onion is intact, a group of compounds called cysteine sulfoxides are kept separate from an enzyme...
Why onions make us cry (and why some don’t) - The Conversation
2017年9月27日 · But why do onions actually make us cry? And why do only some onions make us blub in this way when others, including related “allium” plants such as garlic, barely ever draw a tear when chopped?
Why Do Onions Make Us Cry? : The Salt - NPR
2016年6月22日 · Why do onions make us cry? Many a poet has pondered. Is it because their beautiful, multilayered complexity moves us to weep? Are we mourning the majestic bulb as we cut it up and consume it?
Why Onions Make You Cry - The New York Times
2017年9月5日 · Scientists offer a comprehensive look at the chemical warfare that makes us cry when we cut into an onion.
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