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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2016 Waste management (New York, N.Y.) other

Generation and detection of metal ions and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emissions from the pretreatment processes for recycling spent lithium-ion batteries.

The recycling of spent lithium-ion batteries brings benefits to both economic and environmental terms, but it can also lead to contaminants in a workshop environment. This study fo... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 27021697 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2016.03.011

2016 Food chemistry other

Antioxidant and genoprotective activity of selected cucurbitaceae seed extracts and LC-ESIMS/MS identification of phenolic components.

Cucurbitaceae are one of most widely used plant species for human food but lesser known members have not been examined for bioactive components. The purpose of this study was to ev... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 26775976 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2015.11.138

2016 gc ms

Lipidomic Modulation in Stressed Albino Rats Is Altered by Yolk and Albumen of Quail (Coturnix japonica) Egg and Poultry Feed.

Cold and immobilization stressors can generate oxidative stress as well as skeletal muscle fatigue. Free radicals cause oxidative degradation of lipids, proteins, nucleic acids, an... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 26942009 DOI: 10.1155/2016/2565178 Full text on PMC

2016 aeda

Determination of Volatiles by Odor Activity Value and Phenolics of cv. Ayvalik Early-Harvest Olive Oil

Ayvalik is an important olive cultivar producing high quality oils in Turkey. In the present study, volatile and phenolic compositions of early-harvest extra virgin olive oil (cv.... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 28231141 DOI: 10.3390/foods5030046 Full text on PMC

2016 Molecular and cellular biochemistry pharmacology

The botanical molecule p-hydroxycinnamic acid as a new osteogenic agent: insight into the treatment of cancer bone metastases.

Bone homeostasis is maintained through a balance between osteoblastic bone formation and osteoclastic bone resorption. Bone loss with aging is induced by decreasing in osteoblastic... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 27573001 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-016-2803-1

2016 Journal of food and drug analysis pharmacology

Inhibitory mechanism against oxidative stress of caffeic acid.

The purpose of this article is to summarize the reported antioxidant activities of a naturally abundant bioactive phenolic acid, caffeic acid (CA, 3,4-dihydroxycinnamic acid), so t... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 28911606 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfda.2016.05.003 Full text on PMC

2016 pharmacology

Design, Synthesis and Biochemical Evaluation of Novel Selective Estrogen Receptor Ligand Conjugates Incorporating an Endoxifen-Combretastatin Hybrid Scaffold.

Nuclear-receptors are often overexpressed in tumours and can thereby be used as targets when designing novel selective chemotherapeutic agents. To date, many conjugates incorporati... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 28536383 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines4030015 Full text on PMC

2016 pharmacology

Discovery and SAR of Novel 2,3-Dihydroimidazo[1,2-c]quinazoline PI3K Inhibitors: Identification of Copanlisib (BAY 80-6946).

The phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway is aberrantly activated in many disease states, including tumor cells, either by growth factor receptor tyrosine kinases or by the gene... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 27310202 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201600148 Full text on PMC

2016 gc ms

Chemical Analysis of Dietary Constituents in Rosa roxburghii and Rosa sterilis Fruits.

Both Rosa roxburghii and R. sterilis, belonging to the Rosaceae, are endemic species in Guizhou Province, China. The fruits of these two species are mixed-used as functional food i... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 27618004 DOI: 10.3390/molecules21091204 Full text on PMC

2016 'African Journals Online (AJOL)' gc ms

Characterisation of selected volatile organic compounds in Rwandan indigenous beer ‘Urwagwa’ by dynamic headspace gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

The volatile organic compound profile of alcoholic beverages consists of a wide range of compounds, comprising of acids, alcohols, esters, aldehydes, and other trace level aroma co... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: doi:10.4314/ajb.v12i20. DOI: 10.4314/ajb.v12i20.

2016 Pesticide biochemistry and physiology pharmacology

A urinary metabonomics analysis of long-term effect of acetochlor exposure on rats by ultra-performance liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry.

The study was to assess the long-term toxic effects of acetochlor on rats. Two different doses (42.96 and 107.4 mg/kg body weight/day) of acetochlor were administered to Wistar rat... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 26969444 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2015.09.013

2016 gc ms

Exploring the Role of Different Neonatal Nutrition Regimens during the First Week of Life by Urinary GC-MS Metabolomics.

In this study, a gas-chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) metabolomics study was applied to examine urine metabolite profiles of different classes of neonates under different n... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 26907266 DOI: 10.3390/ijms17020265 Full text on PMC

2016 Food chemistry other

Acidic electrolyzed water efficiently improves the flavour of persimmon (Diospyros kaki L. cv. Mopan) wine.

The ability of acidic (AcW) and alkaline electrolyzed waters (AlW) to improve the flavour of persimmon (Diospyros kaki L.) wine was evaluated. Wines made with AcW (WAcW) were signi... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 26616934 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2015.10.106

2016 Natural product research gc ms

A new fatty acid ester from an edible mushroom Rhizopogon luteolus.

Phytochemical investigation of the Rhizopogon luteolus Fr. led to the isolation of one new fatty acid ester, 3-hydroxy-2,4-dimethylheptacosyl acetate (1) together with two known co... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 26987031 DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2016.1160237

2016 gc ms

Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Queen Reproductive Potential Affects Queen Mandibular Gland Pheromone Composition and Worker Retinue Response.

Reproductive division of labor is one of the defining traits of honey bees (Apis mellifera), with non-reproductive tasks being performed by workers while a single queen normally mo... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 27281328 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156027 Full text on PMC

2016 other

Cinema audiences reproducibly vary the chemical composition of air during films, by broadcasting scene specific emissions on breath.

Human beings continuously emit chemicals into the air by breath and through the skin. In order to determine whether these emissions vary predictably in response to audiovisual stim... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 27160439 DOI: 10.1038/srep25464 Full text on PMC

2016 pharmacology

Alkynyl-Containing Peptides of Marine Origin: A Review.

Since the 1990s, a number of terminal alkynyl residue-containing cyclic/acyclic peptides have been identified from marine organisms, especially cyanobacteria and marine mollusks. T... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 27886049 DOI: 10.3390/md14110216 Full text on PMC

2016 other

Data on changes in the fatty acid composition during fruit development and ripening of three mango cultivars (Alphonso, Pairi and Kent) varying in lactone content.

Data in this article presents fatty acid composition of three mango cultivars; Alphonso, Pairi and Kent through fruit development and ripening. Change in the ω-6 and ω-3 fatty acid... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 27722190 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2016.09.018 Full text on PMC

2016 other

The Precise Structures and Stereochemistry of Trihydroxy-linoleates Esterified in Human and Porcine Epidermis and Their Significance in Skin Barrier Function: IMPLICATION OF AN EPOXIDE HYDROLASE IN THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF LINOLEATE.

Creation of an intact skin water barrier, a prerequisite for life on dry land, requires the lipoxygenase-catalyzed oxidation of the essential fatty acid linoleate, which is esterif... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 27151221 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.711267 Full text on PMC

2016 aeda

Characterization of Key Aroma Compounds in Raw and Thermally Processed Prawns and Thermally Processed Lobsters by Application of Aroma Extract Dilution Analysis.

Application of aroma extract dilution analysis (AEDA) to an aroma distillate of blanched prawn meat (Litopenaeus vannamei) (BPM) revealed 40 odorants in the flavor dilution (FD) fa... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 27486834 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.6b02728

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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.