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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2014 Journal of chemical ecology other

Enhancing plant resistance at the seed stage: low concentrations of methyl jasmonate reduce the performance of the leaf miner Tuta absoluta but do not alter the behavior of its predator Chrysoperla externa.

Plants express inducible direct and indirect defenses in response to herbivory. The plant hormone jasmonic acid (JA) and related signaling compounds referred to as jasmonates play... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 25319361 DOI: 10.1007/s10886-014-0503-4

2014 other

Evolution of the aroma volatiles of pear fruits supplemented with fatty acid metabolic precursors.

To examine the biochemical metabolism of aroma volatiles derived from fatty acids, pear fruits were incubated in vitro with metabolic precursors of these compounds. Aroma volatiles... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 25474290 DOI: 10.3390/molecules191220183 Full text on PMC

2014 gc ms

Larvicidal efficacies and chemical composition of essential oils of Pinus sylvestris and Syzygium aromaticum against mosquitoes.

<h4>Objective</h4>To assess the chemical composition and mosquito larvicidal potentials of essential oils of locally sourced Pinus sylvestris (P. sylvestris) and Syzygium aromaticu... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 24144127 DOI: 10.1016/s2221-1691(14)60204-5 Full text on PMC

2014 The Journal of toxicological sciences other

Volatile organic compounds of polyethylene vinyl acetate plastic are toxic to living organisms.

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic products readily evaporate; as a result, hazardous gases enter the ecosystem, and cause cancer in humans and o... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 25242410 DOI: 10.2131/jts.39.795

2014 other

Anaerobic activation of p-cymene in denitrifying betaproteobacteria: methyl group hydroxylation versus addition to fumarate.

The betaproteobacteria "Aromatoleum aromaticum" pCyN1 and "Thauera" sp. strain pCyN2 anaerobically degrade the plant-derived aromatic hydrocarbon p-cymene (4-isopropyltoluene) unde... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 25261521 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02385-14 Full text on PMC

2014 Applied microbiology and biotechnology other

Medium chain length polyhydroxyalkanoate (mcl-PHA) production from volatile fatty acids derived from the anaerobic digestion of grass.

A two step biological process for the conversion of grass biomass to the biodegradable polymer medium chain length polyhydroxyalkanoate (mcl-PHA) was achieved through the use of an... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 24162086 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-5323-x

2014 Current pharmaceutical design other

Immunoregulatory impact of food antioxidants.

Immune system activation and inflammation are deeply involved in the pathogenesis of a variety of diseases including infections, autoimmunity and malignancy as well as allergy and... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 23701561 DOI: 10.2174/13816128113199990047

2014 World journal of microbiology & biotechnology pharmacology

Supercritical CO2 interpolymer complex encapsulation improves heat stability of probiotic bifidobacteria.

The probiotic industry faces the challenge of retention of probiotic culture viability as numbers of these cells within their products inevitably decrease over time. In order to re... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 23990069 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-013-1465-3

2014 other

Salinity alters curcumin, essential oil and chlorophyll of turmeric (Curcuma longa L.).

Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) is a perennial rhizomatous plant from the family of Zingibraceae, native in South Asia. The main components of turmeric are curcuminoids and essential o... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 25598799 Full text on PMC

2014 Environment international gc ms

Ozone-initiated VOC and particle emissions from a cleaning agent and an air freshener: risk assessment of acute airway effects.

Emissions of volatile organic compounds and ultrafine particles from a kitchen cleaning agent (cream) and plug-in air freshener were investigated in a 20 m(3) walk-in climate chamb... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 24769411 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2014.03.029

2014 gc ms

Identification of saffron aroma compound β-isophorone (3,5,5-trimethyl-3-cyclohexen-1-one) in some V. vinifera grape varieties.

Carotenoid-derived aroma compounds play an important role in the composition of aroma and grapes, and consequently of wine. The volatile composition of forty-five grape varieties h... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 24128466 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2013.08.043

2014 Chemical senses threshold study

Olfactory sensitivity and odor structure-activity relationships for aliphatic ketones in CD-1 mice.

Using a conditioning paradigm, the olfactory sensitivity of CD-1 mice for a homologous series of aliphatic 2-ketones (2-butanone to 2-nonanone) and several of their isomeric forms... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 24621664 DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bju011

2014 AMB Express gc ms

Common gas phase molecules from fungi affect seed germination and plant health in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Fungal volatile organic compounds (VOCs) play important ecophysiological roles in mediating inter-kingdom signaling with arthropods but less is known about their interactions with... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 25045602 DOI: 10.1186/s13568-014-0053-8 Full text on PMC

2014 Journal of Asian natural products research other

Synthesis, anti-tumor activity, and structure-activity relationships of curcumol derivatives.

Using curcumol that was extracted from the volatile oil of Rhizoma Curcumae as the raw material, its derivatives were synthesized and purified. The structures of these compounds we... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 24266515 DOI: 10.1080/10286020.2013.857660

2014 PloS one pharmacology

Comparative proteomics and expression analysis of five genes in Epicauta chinensis larvae from the first to fifth instar.

Blister beetle is an important insect model for both medicinal and pure research. Previous research has mainly focused on its biology and biochemistry, but very little data is yet... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 24586908 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089607 Full text on PMC

2014 Medical mycology gc ms

Acyclic sesquiterpenes released by Candida albicans inhibit growth of dermatophytes.

It is unresolved as to whether fungi that share a common skin habitat might in principal interact. In in vitro screening tests with Candida albicans, Trichophytum rubrum and other... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 23902158 DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2013.814174

2014 Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine aeda

Essential Oils Loaded in Nanosystems: A Developing Strategy for a Successful Therapeutic Approach

Essential oils are complex blends of a variety of volatile molecules such as terpenoids, phenol-derived aromatic components, and aliphatic components having a strong interest in ph... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: doi:10.1155/2014/651593 DOI: 10.1155/2014/651593

2014 Parasitology research other

Behavioral and electrophysiological responses of Aedes albopictus to certain acids and alcohols present in human skin emanations.

Human skin emanations attract hungry female mosquitoes toward their host for blood feeding. In this study, we report the flight orientation and electroantennogram response of Aedes... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 25049052 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-014-4044-0

2014 Environmental science and pollution research international other

The influence of hydroxyl volatile organic compounds on the oxidation of aqueous sulfur dioxide by oxygen.

Although the effect of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) on the oxidation of dissolved sulfur dioxide by oxygen has been the subject of many investigations, this is the first study... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 24638831 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-2661-x

2014 gc ms

Derivatization of pinacolyl alcohol with phenyldimethylchlorosilane for enhanced detection by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.

A derivatization procedure for the qualitative gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis of pinacolyl alcohol (PA) that employs phenyldimethylchlorosilane (PhDMClS) and... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 24481624 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-014-7625-y

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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.