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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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2010 Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association pharmacology

New antibacterial and cytotoxic activities of falcarindiol isolated in Crithmum maritimum L. leaf extract.

Bioassay-guided fractionation of a chloroformic extract obtained from Crithmum maritimum leaves led to the chemical isolation of falcarindiol, a polyacetylene widely distributed wi... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 19922760 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2009.11.031

2010 Analytica chimica acta gc ms

A robust method for quantification of volatile compounds within and between vintages using headspace-solid-phase micro-extraction coupled with GC-MS--application on Semillon wines.

A headspace-solid-phase micro-extraction-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (HS-SPME-GC-MS) method has been developed to quantify a range of volatile compounds in Hunter Valley S... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 20103156 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2009.10.029

2010 Natural product communications other

Potential interaction between the volatile and non-volatile fractions on the in vitro antimicrobial activity of three South African Pelargonium (Geraniaceae) species.

Previous studies have reported promising antimicrobial efficacy for the essential oils and solvent extracts of several indigenous Pelargonium species. This study aimed to determine... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 20922997

2010 Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association other

Phthalate esters reveal skin-sensitizing activity of phenethyl isothiocyanate in mice.

Phenethyl isothiocyanate (PEITC) is a constituent of edible cruciferous vegetables and has received attention due to its potential cancer chemopreventive activity. Although its pro... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 20371259 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.03.049

2010 Journal of agricultural and food chemistry aroma analysis

Influence of modified atmosphere packaging on volatile compounds and physicochemical and antioxidant attributes of fresh-cut pineapple (Ananas comosus).

The effects of modified atmosphere packaging on volatile compound content and physicochemical and antioxidant attributes of Gold cultivar fresh-cut pineapples were assessed through... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 20225823 DOI: 10.1021/jf904585h

2010 Journal of food science gc ms

Aroma profile and volatiles odor activity along gold cultivar pineapple flesh.

Physicochemical attributes, aroma profile, and odor contribution of pineapple flesh were studied for the top, middle, and bottom cross-sections cut along the central axis of Gold c... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 21535624 DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2010.01831.x

2010 Forensic science international threshold study

Detection of piperonal emitted from polymer controlled odor mimic permeation systems utilizing Canis familiaris and solid phase microextraction-ion mobility spectrometry.

Currently, in the field of odor detection, there is generally a wider variation in limit of detections (LODs) for canines than instruments. The study presented in this paper introd... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 20044224 DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.12.006

2010 Natural product research gc ms

Chemical composition and antibacterial, antifungal and antioxidant activities of the flower oil of Retama raetam (Forssk.) Webb from Tunisia.

The chemical composition of the essential oils obtained by hydrodistillation from the flowers of Retama raetam (Forssk.) Webb cultivated in Tunisia was determined by GC and GC/MS a... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 20461625 DOI: 10.1080/14786410802529190

2010 Analytica chimica acta aroma analysis

Effect of freeze-drying and oven-drying on volatiles and phenolics composition of grape skin.

Grape skins are the part of the fruit with the highest amount of volatile and polyphenolic compounds. Volatile compounds give the fruit and other grape derivatives their flavour. P... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 20103160 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2009.10.005

2010 Toxicology in vitro : an international journal published in association with BIBRA pharmacology

Application of the concept of relative photomutagenic potencies to selected furocoumarins in V79 cells.

Furocoumarins are phototoxic and photomutagenic natural plant constituents found in many medicinal plants and food items. Since plants contain mixtures of several furocoumarins, th... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 19883747 DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2009.10.017

2010 Pharmaceutical biology gc ms

Volatile constituents and biological activities of Pycnostachys abyssinica and Pycnostachys eminii extracts.

CONTEXT: Pycnostachys abyssinica Fresen and Pycnostachys eminii Gürke (Lamiaceae) are used in traditional Ethiopian medicine against eye and skin infections, "Mitch disease", and d... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 20738219 DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2010.486406

2010 Journal of agricultural and food chemistry sensory panel

Effects of the nonvolatile matrix on the aroma perception of wine.

Eighteen reconstituted wine samples were prepared by mixing nonvolatile and volatile fractions obtained from six different wines, two whites and four reds, with different character... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 20373740 DOI: 10.1021/jf904377p

2010 gc ms

Characterization of volatile compounds of Daucus crinitus Desf. Headspace Solid Phase Microextraction as alternative technique to Hydrodistillation.

<h4>Background</h4>Traditionally, the essential oil of aromatic herbs is obtained using hydrodistillation (HD). Because the emitted volatile fraction plays a fundamental role in a... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 20858266 DOI: 10.1186/1752-153x-4-16 Full text on PMC

2010 Journal of food science aroma analysis

Effects of bagging on volatiles and polyphenols in "Wanmi" peaches during endocarp hardening and final fruit rapid growth stages.

Fruits of the late-ripening peach cultivar "Wanmi" were bagged at the early period of fruit endocarp hardening, and the bags were removed 1 wk before maturity harvest. The effects... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 21535618 DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2010.01817.x

2010 Journal of the science of food and agriculture other

Short anaerobiosis period prior to cold storage alleviates bitter pit and superficial scald in Granny Smith apples.

BACKGROUND: Californian Granny Smith apples are very susceptible to bitter pit (BP) and superficial scald symptoms that develop during cold storage. The main preventive means are d... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 20607763 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.4060

2010 International Journal of Wine Research other

Influence of sodium chloride on wine yeast fermentation performance

This paper concerns research into the influence of salt (sodium chloride) on growth, viability and fermentation performance in a winemaking strain of the yeast, Saccharomyces cerev... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: doi:10.2147/ijwr.s10889 DOI: 10.2147/ijwr.s10889

2010 Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) aroma analysis

Synthesis and odor evaluation of five new sulfur-containing ester flavor compounds from 4-ethyloctanoic acid.

Five sulfur-containing flavor compounds were synthesized for the first time by the reaction of 4-ethyloctanoyl chloride with sulfur-containing alcohols or mercaptans. The synthesiz... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 20714288 DOI: 10.3390/molecules15085104 Full text on PMC

2010 International journal of molecular sciences aroma analysis

Rapid synthesis of flavor compound 4-ethyloctanoic acid under microwave irradiation.

Rapid synthesis of 4-ethyloctanoic acid by means of microwave irradiation is described. Diethyl malonate reacted with 2-ethyl-1-bromohexane in the presence of sodium ethoxide to gi... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 21152328 DOI: 10.3390/ijms11104165 Full text on PMC

2010 Regulatory toxicology and pharmacology : RTP other

Risk assessment of thujone in foods and medicines containing sage and wormwood--evidence for a need of regulatory changes?

Thujone is a natural substance found in plants commonly used in foods and beverages, such as wormwood and sage, as well as in herbal medicines. The current limits for thujone in fo... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 20727933 DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2010.08.012

2010 Fitoterapia other

Analysis of Mount Atlas mastic smoke: a potential food preservative.

Pistacia terebinthus L. smoke has been used traditionally in Iran as disinfectant and air purifier. Smoke was collected by a simple method, and the chemical constituents and antimi... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 20138129 DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2010.01.022

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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.