/oss/taxonomy/term/468/all en /oss/article/food-health/lemongrass-and-cancer <p>If you like Tom Yum Gung soup, a Thai cuisine favourite, you probably enjoy the flavor and aroma of lemongrass. It’s a stalky plant with a lemony odour, widely used in Asian dishes. Much of the fragrance is due to citral, which actually is a mixture of two very closely related compounds, geranial and neral. Many perfumes use citral as an ingredient, but some people are now looking to citral to do more than tantalize their taste buds or odour receptors. They’re hoping a tea made from lemongrass can help them fight cancer.</p> Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:46:10 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 1651 at /oss