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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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2023 Journal of agricultural and food chemistry aeda

Identification of Important Aroma Components and Sensory Profiles of Minimally Processed (Unroasted) and Conventionally Roasted Dark Chocolates.

Roasting is an important unit operation for the development of characteristic chocolate aroma during manufacturing. However, there is an increase in interest in minimally processed... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 37307497 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.3c01366

2023 World journal of microbiology & biotechnology sensory panel

Core microbes closely related with the nutrients and flavor of sweet fermented oats (whole grain food) from China.

Increased attention has been given to whole grain and plant-based foods due to health concerns. Sweet fermented oats (SFOs) are such traditional fermented food from China. However,... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 37369859 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-023-03680-7 Full text on PMC

2023 Insect biochemistry and molecular biology other

A highly conserved plant volatile odorant receptor detects a sex pheromone component of the greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae).

Odorant receptors (ORs) are key specialized units for mate and host finding in moths of the Ditrysia clade, to which 98% of the lepidopteran species belong. Moth ORs have evolved t... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 37918449 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2023.104031

2023 Journal of agricultural and food chemistry gc ms

Distribution of and Temporal Variation in Volatiles in Tea (Camellia sinensis) Flowers during the Opening Stages.

Tea (Camellia sinensis) flowers emit a large amount of volatiles that attract pollinators. However, few studies have characterized temporal and spatial variation in tea floral vola... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 37988651 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.3c02690

2023 Inorganic chemistry other

Oxidation of Toluene over Mesoporous MnO2/CeO2 Nanosphere Catalysts: Effects of the MnO2 Precursor and the Type of Support.

Toluene is the most common volatile organic compound (VOC), and the MnO2-based catalyst is one of the excellent nonprecious metal catalysts for toluene oxidation. In this study, th... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 37306510 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c01201

2023 PloS one other

Daily use of chlorine dioxide effectively treats halitosis: A meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

OBJECTIVES: We aimed to conduct a systematic review on published data in order to investigate the efficacy of mouthwash products containing chlorine dioxide in halitosis. STUDY DES... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 36634129 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0280377 Full text on PMC

2023 Journal of dairy science gc ms

Comparison of volatile metabolic profiles in fermented milk of Streptococcus thermophilus during the postripening period at different incubation temperatures.

Streptococcus thermophilus has been extensively applied in fermented milk. This study used gas chromatography-ion mobility spectroscopy to determine and evaluate the volatile metab... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 36823014 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2022-22331

2023 Metabolites other

Fecal Microbiota and Associated Volatile Organic Compounds Distinguishing No-Adenoma from High-Risk Colon Adenoma Adults.

Microbiota and the metabolites they produce within the large intestine interact with the host epithelia under the influence of a range of host-derived metabolic, immune, and homeos... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 37512526 DOI: 10.3390/metabo13070819 Full text on PMC

2023 The journal of physical chemistry. A aroma analysis

Formation of Highly Oxidized Organic Compounds and Secondary Organic Aerosol from α-Thujene Ozonolysis.

We conducted laboratory chamber experiments to probe the gas- and particle-phase composition of oxidized organics and secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formed from α-thujene ozonolys... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 37582247 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.3c02584

2023 Frontiers in microbiology aeda

Study on the correlation between the dominant microflora and the main flavor substances in the fermentation process of cigar tobacco leaves.

The flavor of cigar tobacco leaf determines the quality of finished cigar tobacco, and the enhancement of flavor generally relies on microbial fermentation. In this paper, the corr... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 38075898 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1267447 Full text on PMC

2023 Journal of toxicology and environmental health. Part A other

In vitro and in vivo acute toxicity of an artificial butter flavoring.

Flavorings used in cookies, electronic cigarettes, popcorn, and breads contain approximately 30 chemical compounds, which makes it difficult to determine and correlate signs and sy... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 36794368 DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2023.2172502

2023 Journal of hazardous materials other

Volatile organic compounds generation pathways and mechanisms from microplastics in water: Ultraviolet, chlorine and ultraviolet/chlorine disinfection.

Disinfection in water treatments induces microplastics (MPs) to produce various derivative products, among which the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are still poorly understood.... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 36063714 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129813

2023 Journal of dairy science sensory panel

The role of packaging on the flavor of fluid milk.

Few studies have addressed the effects of package material in the absence of light on contributions to fluid milk flavor. The objective of this study was to compare the sensory and... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 36357202 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2022-22060

2023 Current pharmaceutical design aroma analysis

Biological and Pharmacological Properties of Myrtenol: A Review.

Myrtenol (C10H16O) is a volatile compound belonging to the terpenoid family of monocyclic monoterpenes. It is one of the essential oils constituents of several aromatic plants, inc... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 36567304 DOI: 10.2174/1381612829666221222121041

2023 Chemistry & biodiversity gc ms

A Comparative Analysis of Phytochemicals, Metal Ions, Volatile Metabolites in Heart Wood, Stem Bark and Leaves of Salix alba L. along with in Vitro Antioxidant, Antacid, Antimicrobial Activities for Sake of Environment Conservation by Substitution of Stem Bark With Leaf.

The genus of Salix is used in food, medicine and nutraceuticals, and standardized by using the single marker compound Salicin only. Stem bark is the official part used for the prep... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 37867394 DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.202301234

2023 Foods (Basel, Switzerland) other

Burn Defect and Phenol Prediction for Flavoured Californian-Style Black Olives Using Digital Sensors.

Californian-style black olives can undergo different chemical changes during the sterilization process that can affect their sensory and phenol characteristics. Thus, these olives... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 37048198 DOI: 10.3390/foods12071377 Full text on PMC

2023 RSC advances pharmacology

Exploring the chemical composition and coloring qualities of cacao fruit epicarp extracts.

Cacao pod husks (CHs), the most abundant by-product of cacao beans production, can potentially become a source of functional ingredients for the food, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 37101532 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra01049j Full text on PMC

2023 Yeast (Chichester, England) other

Oleaginous yeasts for biochemicals, biofuels and food from lignocellulose-hydrolysate and crude glycerol.

Microbial lipids produced from lignocellulose and crude glycerol (CG) can serve as sustainable alternatives to vegetable oils, whose production is, in many cases, accompanied by mo... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 36597618 DOI: 10.1002/yea.3838

2023 Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy other

Benzophenoxazine-based colorimetric and fluorescent probe for highly sensitive detection of amines and food freshness.

In this work, we reported a chromogenic and near infrared (NIR) region fluorogenic dual-channel probe NRB, which could visually detect gaseous amines with high sensitivity (eg. 50... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 37348275 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2023.123004

2023 Food chemistry: X aeda

Analysis for different flavor compounds in mature milk from human and livestock animals by GC × GC-TOFMS.

Breast milk plays a crucial role in the taste development of infants, which cannot be replicated by other mammalian milk or formulas. This study aimed to identify and characterize... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 37780337 DOI: 10.1016/j.fochx.2023.100760 Full text on PMC

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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.