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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2004 Journal of renal nutrition : the official journal of the Council on Renal Nutrition of the National Kidney Foundation other

Renal response to lithogenic and anti-lithogenic supplement challenges in a stone-free population group.

OBJECTIVE: In South Africa, urolithiasis is extremely rare in the black population, but is common in the white population. The objective of this study was to investigate the indivi... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 15232796 DOI: 10.1053/j.jrn.2004.04.007

2004 Journal of agricultural and food chemistry gc ms

Origin and mechanistic pathways of formation of the parent furan--a food toxicant.

Studies performed on model systems using pyrolysis-GC-MS analysis and (13)C-labeled sugars and amino acids in addition to ascorbic acid have indicated that certain amino acids such... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 15506823 DOI: 10.1021/jf0490403

2004 Toxicology letters other

The science behind lutein.

In humans, as in plants, the xanthophyll lutein is believed to function in two important ways: first as a filter of high energy blue light, and second as an antioxidant that quench... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 15068825 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2003.10.031

2004 Plant physiology other

The key role of phloroglucinol O-methyltransferase in the biosynthesis of Rosa chinensis volatile 1,3,5-trimethoxybenzene.

1,3,5-Trimethoxybenzene is a key component of the Chinese rose odor. This compound is synthesized in three successive methylation steps from phloroglucinol, the initial precursor.... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 15122041 DOI: 10.1104/pp.103.037051 Full text on PMC

2004 International journal of food microbiology other

Essential oils: their antibacterial properties and potential applications in foods--a review.

In vitro studies have demonstrated antibacterial activity of essential oils (EOs) against Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella typhimurium, Escherichia coli O157:H7, Shigella dysente... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 15246235 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2004.03.022

2004 Journal of agricultural and food chemistry sensory panel

Further insights into the role of methional and phenylacetaldehyde in lager beer flavor stability.

This work attempts to measure the importance of methional and phenylacetaldehyde on the flavor stability of beer, as direct participants or as indicators of aroma deterioration. A... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 15612775 DOI: 10.1021/jf049178l

2004 Archives of biochemistry and biophysics other

Enantiospecific (+)- and (-)-germacrene D synthases, cloned from goldenrod, reveal a functionally active variant of the universal isoprenoid-biosynthesis aspartate-rich motif.

The naturally occurring, volatile sesquiterpene hydrocarbon germacrene D has strong effects on insect behaviour and genes encoding enzymes that produce this compound are of interes... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 15542052 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2004.06.030

2004 Journal of agricultural and food chemistry aroma analysis

Flavor release and perception in hard candy: influence of flavor compound-compound interactions.

The influence of flavor compound-compound interactions on flavor release properties and flavor perception in hard candy was investigated. Hard candies made with two different modes... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 15113168 DOI: 10.1021/jf0353133

2004 Applied microbiology and biotechnology other

Synthesis of flavor and fragrance esters using Candida antarctica lipase.

Candida antarctica lipase fraction B (CAL-B) showed substrate specificity in the synthesis of esters in hexane involving reactions of short-chain acids having linear (acetic and bu... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 15248036 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-004-1602-x

2004 Chemosphere other

Environmental VOSCs--formation and degradation of dimethyl sulfide, methanethiol and related materials.

Volatile organic sulfur compounds (VOSCs) play a major role in the global sulfur cycle. Two components, dimethyl sulfide (DMS) and methanethiol (MT) are formed in large amounts by... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 14987929 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2003.12.017

2004 Agricultural and Food Science other

Germination: a means to improve the functionality of oat

The biochemical and physiological reactions of germination have long been utilised to produce barley malt for brewing and other purposes. Also some oat malt has been produced as ra... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: doi:10.2137/1239099041838049 DOI: 10.2137/1239099041838049

2004 Journal of agricultural and food chemistry aroma analysis

Furfuryl ethyl ether: important aging flavor and a new marker for the storage conditions of beer.

Recently, it was reported that furfuryl ethyl ether is an important flavor compound indicative of beer storage and aging conditions. A study of the reaction mechanism indicates tha... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 15030227 DOI: 10.1021/jf035412g

2004 Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy other

Donepezil: a clinical review of current and emerging indications.

This article reviews the piperidine derivative, donepezil hydrochloride (E2020, Aricept), a reversible central acetylcholinesterase inhibitor currently approved for treatment of mi... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 14680445 DOI: 10.1517/14656566.5.1.161

2004 Journal of agricultural and food chemistry aroma analysis

Gas chromatographic quantification of major volatile compounds and polyols in wine by direct injection.

Methanol, propanol, isobutanol, isoamyl alcohol, 2-phenylethanol, acetaldehyde, 1,1-diethoxyethane, acetoin, ethyl acetate, ethyl lactate, and ethyl succinate and the polyols 2,3-b... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 15478997 DOI: 10.1021/jf049369o

2004 Journal of agricultural and food chemistry aroma analysis

Flavor perception and aroma release from model dairy desserts.

Six model dairy desserts, with three different textures and two sucrose levels, were equally flavored with a blend of four aroma compounds [ethyl pentanoate, amyl acetate, hexanal,... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 15161219 DOI: 10.1021/jf035488c

2004 Journal of chemical ecology other

Field capture of northern and western corn rootworm beetles relative to attractant structure and volatility.

We used field assays to study attraction of feral northern and western corn rootworm beetles (Diabrotica barberi and D. virgifera virgifera) to a series of mostly nitrogenous and b... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 15586676 DOI: 10.1023/b:joec.0000042403.88930.a7

2004 Environmental science & technology other

Full-scale chamber investigation and simulation of air freshener emissions in the presence of ozone.

Volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from one electrical plug-in type of pine-scented air freshener and their reactions with O3 were investigated in the U.S. Environmental Pro... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 15212253 DOI: 10.1021/es030544b

2004 The Plant cell aroma analysis

Gain and loss of fruit flavor compounds produced by wild and cultivated strawberry species.

The blends of flavor compounds produced by fruits serve as biological perfumes used to attract living creatures, including humans. They include hundreds of metabolites and vary in... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 15522848 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.104.023895 Full text on PMC

2004 Prikladnaia biokhimiia i mikrobiologiia other

[Effect of acid hydrolysis of oak wood on its aroma-forming complex].

The effect of acid hydrolysis of English oak (Quercus robur. L) wood on its aroma-forming complex was studied. The contents of methanol, acetic and crotonic acids, and furfural inc... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 15609864

2004 Journal of chromatography. A other

Biotransformation of (R)-(+)- and (S)-(-)-citronellol by Aspergillus sp. and Penicillium sp., and the use of solid-phase microextraction for screening.

The biotransformation of (R)-(+)- and (S)-(-)-citronellol by fungi was studied. For screening experiments, solid-phase microextraction (SPME) was used as analytical sampling techni... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 14971495 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2003.08.090

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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.