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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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2016 Food chemistry aroma analysis

Ellagitannin content, volatile composition and sensory profile of wines from different countries matured in oak barrels subjected to different toasting methods.

Ellagitannins and aromatic compounds evolution in Cabernet Sauvignon wines macerated in oak barrels for a year was studied. Identical barrels with different toastings (medium toast... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 27211676 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.04.139

2016 Food chemistry gc ms

A comparative study on aromatic profiles of strawberry vinegars obtained using different conditions in the production process.

Impact odorants in strawberry vinegars produced in different containers (glass, oak and cherry barrels) were determined by gas chromatography-olfactometry using modified frequency... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 26304447 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2015.07.091

2016 other

De Novo Emergence of Odor Category Representations in the Human Brain.

Categorization allows organisms to efficiently extract relevant information from a diverse environment. Because of the multidimensional nature of odor space, this ability is partic... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 26758838 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3248-15.2016 Full text on PMC

2016 Journal of chemical ecology other

Enhancing Attraction of African Malaria Vectors to a Synthetic Odor Blend.

The deployment of odor-baited tools for sampling and controlling malaria vectors is limited by a lack of potent synthetic mosquito attractants. A synthetic mixture of chemical comp... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 27349651 DOI: 10.1007/s10886-016-0711-1

2016 Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) other

Evaluation of the Effect of Two Volatile Organic Compounds on Barley Pathogens.

This study aimed to determine the effect of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) on some pathogens, these VOCs were emitted during interactions of barley with Fusarium culmorum Schltd... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 27571054 DOI: 10.3390/molecules21091124 Full text on PMC

2016 Archives of virology other

In vitro antiviral effect of germacrone on feline calicivirus.

Feline calicivirus (FCV) often causes respiratory tract and oral disease in cats and is a highly contagious virus. Widespread vaccination does not prevent the spread of FCV. Furthe... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 26997613 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-016-2825-8 Full text on PMC

2016 Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias gc ms

Floral scent of brazilian Passiflora: five species analised by dynamic headspace.

This study describes for the first time the chemical composition and olfactive description of floral scent from Brazilian Passiflora (Passiflora edulis Sim, Passiflora alata Curtis... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 27598839 DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765201620150285

2016 Mycoses gc ms

Identification of signature volatiles to discriminate Candida albicans, glabrata, krusei and tropicalis using gas chromatography and mass spectrometry.

Oral candidiasis is the most frequent fungal infection of the oral cavity. Clinical diagnoses require mycological confirmation, which is time-consuming in case of culture testing.... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 26667499 DOI: 10.1111/myc.12442

2016 The Analyst gc ms

Quantification of selected volatile organic compounds in human urine by gas chromatography selective reagent ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (GC-SRI-TOF-MS) coupled with head-space solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME).

Selective reagent ionization time of flight mass spectrometry with NO(+) as the reagent ion (SRI-TOF-MS(NO(+))) in conjunction with gas chromatography (GC) and head-space solid-pha... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 27241792 DOI: 10.1039/c6an00825a

2016 Journal of ethnopharmacology gc ms

The essential oil from the twigs of Cinnamomum cassia Presl alleviates pain and inflammation in mice.

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Cinnamomum cassia Presl (Lauraceae) can be found southern China and its bark is commonly used for centuries as ingredient in food and cosmetic indus... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 27780753 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2016.10.064

2016 Carbohydrate polymers other

Antioxidant films based on cross-linked methyl cellulose and native Chilean berry for food packaging applications.

Development of antioxidant and antimicrobial active food packaging materials based on biodegradable polymer and natural plant extracts has numerous advantages as reduction of synth... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 26572446 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2015.10.013

2016 American journal of infection control other

The survival and inactivation of enteric viruses on soft surfaces: A systematic review of the literature.

BACKGROUND: Worldwide, enteric viruses are the main cause of acute gastroenteritis. In humans, these viruses spread via person-to-person contact, food, water, and/or the environmen... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 27160982 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.03.018

2016 ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst other

Utilizing Nutritive Sweeteners to Control Lipid Oxidation in Low Moisture Baked Goods

In this study, we determined the effect of nutritive sweeteners at 0 to 0.50 moles/kg on lipid oxidation in a model cookie system. Confocal microscopy using Bodipy 493 as a fat sol... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: doi:10.7275/8745794 DOI: 10.7275/8745794

2016 Chemistry & biodiversity gc ms

Chemical Composition of Ballota macedonica Vandas and Ballota nigra L. ssp. foetida (Vis.) Hayek Essential Oils - The Chemotaxonomic Approach.

The essential oils isolated from fresh aerial parts of Ballota macedonica (two populations) and Ballota nigra ssp. foetida were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Eighty five components wer... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 27144646 DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.201500254

2016 Journal of breath research gc ms

Breath analysis for noninvasively differentiating Acinetobacter baumannii ventilator-associated pneumonia from its respiratory tract colonization of ventilated patients.

A number of multiresistant pathogens including Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) place a heavy burden on ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) patients in intensive care units... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 27272697 DOI: 10.1088/1752-7155/10/2/027102

2016 International journal of food microbiology sensory panel

Development of spoilage bacterial community and volatile compounds in chilled beef under vacuum or high oxygen atmospheres.

Research into microbial community development and metabolism is essential to understand meat spoilage. Recent years have seen the emergence of powerful molecular techniques that ar... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 26874863 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2016.01.022

2016 Malaria journal gc ms

Gravid Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto avoid ovipositing in Bermuda grass hay infusion and it's volatiles in two choice egg-count bioassays.

BACKGROUND: A number of mosquito species in the Culex and Aedes genera prefer to lay eggs in Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon) hay infusions compared to water alone. These mosquitoe... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 27177033 DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1330-6 Full text on PMC

2016 Food chemistry aroma analysis

Impact of different techniques involving contact with lees on the volatile composition of cider.

The effect of different treatments involving contact with natural lees on the aromatic profile of cider has been evaluated. Comparing with the untreated ciders, the contact with le... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 26213084 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2015.06.018

2016 Neurotoxicology gc ms

Behavioral toxicity and physiological changes from repeated exposure to fluorene administered orally or intraperitoneally to adult male Wistar rats: A dose-response study.

Fluorene is one of the most abundant polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the environment by reason of its high volatility. Demonstrated to be a neurotoxicant through inhalat... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 26616911 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2015.11.006

2016 Chemistry & biodiversity gc ms

Chemical Composition and in vitro Biological Activities of Essential Oils from Conchocarpus fontanesianus (A. St.-Hil.) Kallunki & Pirani (Rutaceae).

This study aimed at assessing the chemical composition of the essential oils from leaves and fruits of Conchocarpus fontanesianus, an endemic Brazilian species of Rutaceae. The pla... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 27448849 DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.201600036

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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.