‘Wasabi Receptor’ Reveals Its Eye-Watering Secrets
Wednesday, July 22, 2020 - 08:52
in Health & Medicine
Acrid smoke and fresh-chopped onions don’t have much in common — other than evoking an eye-watering urge to run to another room. Remarkably, the irritant chemicals in both smoke and onions — as well as garlic, horseradish and wasabi, and an assortment of potent toxins such as formaldehyde — all trigger this protective response by […]