Peer-Reviewed Research Database

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Every compound-food link in CompKitchen comes from a peer-reviewed source. Search 38,144 flavor-relevant papers — part of a 44,648-paper indexed corpus — on aroma compounds, odor thresholds, GC-MS analyses, and sensory studies that power the pairing engine.

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Unsupervised Recovery of Food Taxonomy from Volatile Compound Profiles: A UMAP Analysis of 450 Ingredients

Without supervision or human-coded labels, a UMAP projection of 7,464 volatile compounds across 450 ingredients reproduces conventional food categories — and surfaces cross-category molecular bridges that traditional culinary intuition misses.

Johnson, M. C. (2026). Zenodo. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459

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Compounds indexed

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2020 Food science and technology international = Ciencia y tecnologia de los alimentos internacional other

Effect of faba bean and chickpea mucilage incorporation in the structure and functionality of kefir.

This investigation aimed to investigate the viability of kefir enrichment with mucilage extracted from faba bean and chickpea. Four formulations of kefir were studied: fermented mi... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 32122170 DOI: 10.1177/1082013220908089

2020 International journal of biological macromolecules other

Effect of chitosan-whey protein isolated coatings incorporated with tarragon Artemisia dracunculus essential oil on the quality of Scomberoides commersonnianus fillets at refrigerated condition.

The purpose of present work was to assess the effects of chitosan (CH) coating in combination with whey protein isolated (WPI) and tarragon essential oil (TEO) on the bacterial (to... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 32234442 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.03.228

2020 other

Data based predictive models for odor perception.

Machine learning and data analytics are being increasingly used for quantitative structure property relation (QSPR) applications in the chemical domain where the traditional Edison... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 33051564 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-73978-1 Full text on PMC

2020 Foods gc ms

Characterization of the Aromatic and Phenolic Profile of Five Different Wood Chips Used for Ageing Spirits and Wines

Wooden barrels and wood chips are usually used in the ageing of spirits and wines to improve their sensorial profile. Oak wood is the most popular material used in cooperage, but t... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: doi:10.3390/foods9111613 DOI: 10.3390/foods9111613

2020 'Springer Science and Business Media LLC' other

G x E interactions on yield and quality in Coffea arabica: New F1 hybrids outperform American cultivars

Conventional American cultivars of coffee are no longer adapted to global warming. Finding highly productive and stable cultivars in different environments without neglecting quali... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: doi:10.1007/s10681-020-02608-8 DOI: 10.1007/s10681-020-02608-8

2020 Food chemistry gc ms

New propositions about coffee wet processing: Chemical and sensory perspectives.

The interactions between edaphoclimatic factors, forms of processing, drying, storage and roasting, directly affect the sensorial results. This study applied four forms of wet-proc... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 31816532 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2019.125943

2020 gc ms

Investigation of sugars, organic acids, phenolic compounds, antioxidant activity and the aroma fingerprint of small white apricots grown in Xinjiang.

Small white apricot is well known as a famous fresh fruit and even a folk medicine in Xinjiang. To investigate nutritive value, antioxidant activity, and flavor of small white apri... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 33190235 DOI: 10.1111/1750-3841.15523

2020 gc ms

Phenolic and Volatile Compounds in the Production of Sugarcane Vinegar.

This study aimed to explore the dynamic variations in the phenolic and volatile organic compounds of sugarcane vinegar subjected to different production processes. The determinatio... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 33283107 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c04524 Full text on PMC

2020 gc ms

Development of the Method for Determination of Volatile Sulfur Compounds (VSCs) in Fruit Brandy with the Use of HS–SPME/GC–MS

Volatile sulfur compounds (VSCs) play an important role in the aroma profile of fermented beverages. However, because of their low concentration in samples, their analysis is diffi... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 32182852 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25051232 Full text on PMC

2020 gc ms

Investigating Plant Micro-Remains Embedded in Dental Calculus of the Phoenician Inhabitants of Motya (Sicily, Italy).

Plant records reveal remarkable evidence about past environments and human cultures. Exploiting dental calculus analysis and using a combined approach of microscopy and gas chromat... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 33092237 DOI: 10.3390/plants9101395 Full text on PMC

2020 'MDPI AG' other

Plant natural sources of the endocannabinoid (E)-β-caryophyllene: A systematic quantitative analysis of published literature

(E)-β-caryophyllene (BCP) is a natural sesquiterpene hydrocarbon present in hundreds of plant species. BCP possesses several important pharmacological activities, ranging from... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: doi:10.3390/ijms21186540 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21186540

2020 'Editorial CSIC' gc ms

Análisis de volátiles mediante GC-MS de aceites esenciales de canela extraídos por diferentes métodos

Cinnamon essential oil (CEO) was extracted by three different methods: steam distillation (SD), ultrasound-assisted steam distillation (UASD) and microwave-assisted steam distillat... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: doi:10.3989/gya.0462191 DOI: 10.3989/gya.0462191

2020 sensory panel

Sensory Characteristics and Volatile Compounds of Herbal Teas and Mixtures of Bush Tea with Other Selected Herbal Teas of South Africa.

South Africa has a traditional heritage of using indigenous herbal teas, and the demand for herbal teas motivated by the functional health benefits has far exceeded global supply.... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 32295285 DOI: 10.3390/foods9040496 Full text on PMC

2020 aeda

Analysis of volatile compound changes in fried shallot (Allium cepa L. var. aggregatum) oil at different frying temperatures by GC-MS, OAV, and multivariate analysis.

Flavor is a key attribute of fried oil that shows a critical correlation with temperature. Therefore, selecting the appropriate temperature is important in preparing fried shallot... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 33340890 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.128748

2020 Meat science sensory panel

Influence of dietary cardoon meal on volatile compounds and flavour in lamb meat.

Cardoon meal is a by-product retained after oil extraction from the seeds of cultivated Cynara cardunculus var. altilis that has been proposed as a valuable resource for animal fee... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 32087507 DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2020.108086

2020 Journal of microbiology and biotechnology other

Origanum vulgare and Thymus vulgaris Extract Usability to Improve Silage Hygienic Quality and Reduce Mycotoxin Concentrations.

Silage is one of the main feed components of ruminants in the world. Which can consist about 50 - 80% part of the ration of dairy cows during the winter. The aim of this study was... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 32522971 DOI: 10.4014/jmb.2003.03010 Full text on PMC

2020 Journal of agricultural and food chemistry aeda

Comparative Characterization of Aroma Compounds in Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix), Pacific Whiting (Merluccius productus), and Alaska Pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) Surimi by Aroma Extract Dilution Analysis, Odor Activity Value, and Aroma Recombination Studies.

Aroma compounds in three surimi samples, made from freshwater silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) and saltwater Pacific whiting (Merluccius productus) and Alaska pollock (The... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 32146815 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b07621

2020 Fermentation gc ms

Co-Existence of Inoculated Yeast and Lactic Acid Bacteria and Their Impact on the Aroma Profile and Sensory Traits of Tempranillo Red Wine

This study investigates the effects of simultaneous inoculation of a selected Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast strain with two different commercial strains of wine bacteria Oenococcu... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: doi:10.3390/fermentation6010017 DOI: 10.3390/fermentation6010017

2020 International journal of biological macromolecules other

Chitosan-loaded nanoemulsion containing Zataria Multiflora Boiss and Bunium persicum Boiss essential oils as edible coatings: Its impact on microbial quality of turkey meat and fate of inoculated pathogens.

This study was targeted to investigate the effect of chitosan-loaded nanoemulsion enriched with two types of essential oils on the microbial quality of turkey meat. To this end, th... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 32057880 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.02.092

2020 Lipids in health and disease gc ms

A diet based on cured acorn-fed ham with oleic acid content promotes anti-inflammatory gut microbiota and prevents ulcerative colitis in an animal model.

BACKGROUND: Diets based on meat products are not recommended in the case of ulcerative colitis (UC). The objective here is to test if some traditional cured meat products, as acorn... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 32093685 DOI: 10.1186/s12944-020-01205-x Full text on PMC

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Sources: PubMed (US National Library of Medicine), Semantic Scholar, Europe PMC, CORE. Papers are selected by targeted search queries for each ingredient and compound in our database.