Onions create an unfavourable environment for cancer cells and disrupt links between different cancer cells.
Researchers placed colon cancer cells in direct contact with quercetin extracted from five different onion. The Ruby Ring onion was discovered to be the most effective.
Onions contain one of the highest concentrations of quercetin, the compound can remove iron from cancer cells, and prevents cancer growth.
Quercetin can prevents disease from spreading across different parts of the body. Anthocyanin in onions boost quercetin to destroy cancer.