date:Jun 12, 2017
he compound compared to some parts of the world.
Published recently in Food Research International, the study involved placing colon cancer cells in direct contact with quercetin extracted from the five different onion varieties.
We found onions are excellent at killing cancer cells, said Murayyan, study's lead author. Onions activate pathways that encourage cancer cells to undergo cell death. They promote an unfavourable environment for cancer cells and they disrupt communication between canc