ajoene

chemical compound

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organosulfur compounds

  • organosulfur compounds
    In organosulfur compound: Reactions

    …an unsaturated sulfoxide disulfide called ajoene, which has anticlotting (antithrombotic) properties. When an onion bulb is cut or crushed, an odourless substance in the bulb, S-1-propenylcysteine S-oxide, is similarly transformed into 1-propenesulfenic acid, CH3CH=CH―S―O―H, which rearranges to (Z)-propanethial S-oxide, CH3CH2CH=S+O, the so-called lacrimatory factor, or tear-inducing substance, of the onion.

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