 A structurally related lachrymatory compound, "syn"-butanethial "S"-oxide, C4H8OS, has been found in another genus "Allium" plant, "Allium siculum".Peter Westerstrøm

Peter Westerstrøm (1779–1809) was a Swedish mass murderer who gained notoriety for the Saksebøl Slaughter in Moss, Norway during the Napoleonic wars.Peter Westerstrøm was born in Ljungby in Sweden around 1779.