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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2017 Journal of microbiology and biotechnology other

Efficient (3R)-Acetoin Production from meso-2,3-Butanediol Using a New Whole-Cell Biocatalyst with Co-Expression of meso-2,3-Butanediol Dehydrogenase, NADH Oxidase, and Vitreoscilla Hemoglobin.

Acetoin (AC) is a volatile platform compound with various potential industrial applications. AC contains two stereoisomeric forms: (3S)-AC and (3R)-AC. Optically pure AC is an impo... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 27713210 DOI: 10.4014/jmb.1608.08063

2017 other

Methane potentials of wastewater generated from hydrothermal liquefaction of rice straw: focusing on the wastewater characteristics and microbial community compositions.

<h4>Background</h4>Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) has been well studied for the bio-oil production from biomass. However, a large amount of wastewater with high organic content is... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 28580014 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-017-0830-0 Full text on PMC

2017 aroma analysis

Impact of a Microbial Cocktail Used as a Starter Culture on Cocoa Fermentation and Chocolate Flavor.

Chocolate production suffered a vast impact with the emergence of the "witches' broom" disease in cocoa plants. To recover cocoa production, many disease-resistant hybrid plants ha... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 28486419 DOI: 10.3390/molecules22050766 Full text on PMC

2017 EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority other

Re-evaluation of glycerol (E 422) as a food additive.

The ANS Panel provides a scientific opinion re-evaluating the safety of glycerol (E 422) used as a food additive. In 1981, the Scientific Committee on Food (SCF) endorsed the concl... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 32625431 DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2017.4720 Full text on PMC

2017 other

Role of visual and olfactory cues in sex recognition in butterfly Cethosia cyane cyane.

Butterflies use multiple signals, including visual, olfactory and tactile cues, to identify same- and opposite-sex individuals during courtship. In this study of the sexually dimor... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 28694497 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-04721-6 Full text on PMC

2017 sensory panel

Volatile fingerprinting of the plum brandies produced from different fruit varieties.

Nowadays, fingerprinting of food became one of the most perspective analytical tools to resolve a problem of food quality and authentication, especially in difficult cases like dif... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 29184235 DOI: 10.1007/s13197-017-2900-5 Full text on PMC

2017 Journal of environmental management other

Control of VOCs from printing press air emissions by anaerobic bioscrubber: Performance and microbial community of an on-site pilot unit.

A novel process consisted of an anaerobic bioscrubber was studied at the field scale for the removal of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted from a printing press facility. Th... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 28391101 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.03.093

2017 Environmental science and pollution research international other

Keto-ether and glycol-ethers in the troposphere: reactivity toward OH radicals and Cl atoms, global lifetimes, and atmospheric implications.

Rate coefficients for the gas-phase reactions of OH radicals and Cl atoms with 1-methoxy-2-propanone (1-M-2-PONE), 1-methoxy-2-propanol (1-M-2-POL), and 1-methoxy-2-butanol (1-M-2-... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 28942560 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-0235-4

2017 Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.) aroma analysis

Effect of high-pressure treatments on proteolysis, volatile compounds, texture, colour, and sensory characteristics of semi-hard raw ewe milk cheese.

High pressure (HP) offers potential industrial applications in cheese preservation, but it is essential to provide knowledge concerning their effects on the ripening process and se... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 28873726 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2017.07.043

2017 gc ms

Investigating Chemical Composition and Indications of Hydrosol Soft Drinks (Aromatic Waters) Used in Persian Folk Medicine for Women's Hormonal and Reproductive Health Conditions.

Hydrosol soft drinks in Persian nutrition culture are produced as side products of the essential oil industry to be used as safe remedies for treatment of some ailments. This study... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 28701045 DOI: 10.1177/2156587217717413 Full text on PMC

2017 Journal of food and drug analysis gc ms

Relation between salt tolerance and biochemical changes in cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.) seeds.

In this study, the effects of salinity on growth, fatty acid, essential oil, and phenolic composition of cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.) seeds as well as the antioxidant activities of t... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 28911682 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfda.2016.10.001 Full text on PMC

2017 other

Inflammatory bowel disease and patterns of volatile organic compounds in the exhaled breath of children: A case-control study using Ion Molecule Reaction-Mass Spectrometry.

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) profoundly affect quality of life and have been gradually increasing in incidence, prevalence and severity in many areas of the world, and in chil... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 28859138 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184118 Full text on PMC

2017 The Astrophysical journal other

Identification of PAH Isomeric Structure in Cosmic Dust Analogues: the AROMA setup.

We developed a new analytical experimental setup called AROMA (Astrochemistry Research of Organics with Molecular Analyzer) that combines laser desorption/ionization techniques wit... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 28835724 DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa73dd Full text on PMC

2017 gc ms

Dietary lipids differentially modulate the initiation of experimental breast carcinogenesis through their influence on hepatic xenobiotic metabolism and DNA damage in the mammary gland.

Breast cancer is the most common malignancy among women worldwide. In addition to reproductive factors, environmental factors such as nutrition and xenobiotic exposure have a role... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 28264783 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2017.01.016

2017 other

Study of persistent toxic pollutants in a river basin-ecotoxicological risk assessment.

This study presents a complementary approach for the evaluation of water quality in a river basin by employing active and passive sampling. Persistent toxic pollutants representing... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 28382548 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-017-1795-2

2017 gc ms

Characterization of off-odours and potentially harmful substances in a fancy dress accessory handbag for children.

A fancy dress accessory handbag for children was claimed by consumers to exhibit an offensive smell. Sensory characterization by an expert panel revealed, amongst others, rubber- a... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 28496182 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-01720-5 Full text on PMC

2017 gc ms

Aroma composition of shalgam: a traditional Turkish lactic acid fermented beverage.

Shalgam, a traditional red, cloudy and sour soft beverage, is produced by lactic acid fermentation of black carrot, sourdough, salt, bulgur flour, turnip and adequate water. The pr... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 28720958 DOI: 10.1007/s13197-017-2637-1 Full text on PMC

2017 gc ms

Chemotypic Characterization and Biological Activity of Rosmarinus officinalis.

Rosemary (<i>Rosmarinus officinalis</i> L.) is a popular herb in cooking, traditional healing, and aromatherapy. The essential oils of <i>R. officinalis</i> were obtained from plan... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 28273883 DOI: 10.3390/foods6030020 Full text on PMC

2017 Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.) aroma analysis

Investigation of the aroma of commercial peach (Prunus persica L. Batsch) types by Proton Transfer Reaction-Mass Spectrometry (PTR-MS) and sensory analysis.

The aim of this study was to investigate the aroma and sensory profiles of various types of peaches (Prunus persica L. Batsch.). Forty-three commercial cultivars comprising peaches... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 28784469 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2017.05.007

2017 Plant Physiology and Biochemistry gc ms

Genetic analysis of the wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca) volatile composition

The volatile composition of wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca) fruit differs from that of the cultivated strawberry, having more intense and fruity aromas. Over the last few years, t... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: doi:10.1016/j.plaphy.2017.10.015. DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2017.10.015.

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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.