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why do we start crying when someone cuts onion...?​

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Answered by ReRepeater
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Answer:

Because onion contains an acid which has the content sulphur which comes in contact from air to our eye makes lacrimal gland to secteate tears

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Onions produce the chemical irritant known as syn-propanethial-S-oxide ( The unstable sulfenic acid rearranges ). It stimulates the eyes’ lachrymal glands so they release tears

Answered by anushkarai66
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Answer:

Onions produce the chemical irritant known as syn-propenethial-S-oxide. It stimulates the eyes'lachryenal glands so they release tears ....

The synthase enzyme converts the amino acids sulfoxides of the onion into sulfenic acid . The unstable sulfenic acid rearranges

itself into syn-ropanethial-S-oxide

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