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onion contains which substance which makes our eyes tear badly

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Answered by tanishk37
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When you cut the onion, certain enzymes separated from sulfenic acids normally in onion cells, start mixing and produce propanethiol S-oxide, which is a volatilesulphur compound that starts wafting towards your eyes. The gas emitted reacts with the water in our eyes and forms sulphuric acid.
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