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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 Vitamins and hormones pharmacology

Natural-product-inspired bioactive alkaloids agglomerated with potential antioxidant activity: Recent advancements on structure-activity relationship studies and future perspectives.

Alkaloids derived from natural sources have been shown to have substantial antioxidant activity, suggesting that these natural-product-inspired bioactive entities may have major be... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 36707140 DOI: 10.1016/bs.vh.2022.10.002

2023 aeda

First Approach to the Aroma Characterization of Monovarietal Red Wines Produced from Varieties Better Adapted to Abiotic Stresses.

Adaptation strategies in the wine sector consist of the use of cultural techniques to limit damages caused by climate change, using, among other resources, varieties better adapted... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 37653980 DOI: 10.3390/plants12102063 Full text on PMC

2023 Journal of food protection other

Antibacterial Effect of Melanoidins Derived From Xylose and Phenylalanine Against Bacillus cereus and Clostridium perfringens.

Melanoidins produced from the combination of D-xylose and L-phenylalanine have been reported to exhibit strong antibacterial effects. This study investigated the influence of envir... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 37562514 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfp.2023.100140

2023 Journal of basic microbiology aroma analysis

Enhancing bioflavor production by solid-state fermentation using Kluyveromyces marxianus and l-phenylalanine.

This study includes the utilization of sweet lemon peel (SLP) and sugarcane bagasse (SB) in solid-state fermentation using Kluyveromyces marxianus for bioflavor compounds productio... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 36336635 DOI: 10.1002/jobm.202200503

2023 PloS one gc ms

Semiochemicals produced by fungal bark beetle symbiont Endoconidiophora rufipennis and the discovery of an anti-attractant for Ips typographus.

Bark beetles vector symbiotic fungal species into their host trees during mass attacks. The symbiotic relationship with blue stain fungi of the Ascomycetes, including genera of End... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 37023040 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0283906 Full text on PMC

2023 Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) other

A Comparison of the Antibacterial Efficacy of Carbohydrate Lipid-like (Thio)Ether, Sulfone, and Ester Derivatives against Paenibacillus larvae.

Paenibacillus larvae is the causative agent of American foulbrood (AFB), the most serious bacterial disease affecting developing honeybee larvae and pupas. In this study, a library... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 36985490 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28062516 Full text on PMC

2023 Tropical animal health and production pharmacology

Antioxidant action of yerba mate on carcass and meat characteristics and fatty acid profile in meat and fat of lambs finished in tropical pastures.

The objective was to evaluate the effect of the supplementation with natural antioxidants from Yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis St. Hil.) on the performance, carcass and meat charac... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 36917307 DOI: 10.1007/s11250-023-03521-7

2023 gc ms

GC-MS Fingerprinting Combined with Chemical Pattern-Recognition Analysis Reveals Novel Chemical Markers of the Medicinal Seahorse.

Seahorse is a valuable marine-animal drug widely used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), and which was first documented in the "Ben Cao Jing Ji Zhu" during the Liang Dynasty. <... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 38067553 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28237824 Full text on PMC

2023 International journal of food microbiology aroma analysis

Metabolomics and metatranscriptomics reveal the influence mechanism of endogenous microbe (Staphylococcus succinus) inoculation on the flavor of fermented chili pepper.

This study integrated metabolomic and metatranscriptomic techniques to examine how the endogenous microbe, Staphylococcus succinus, influenced the essential flavor of fermented chi... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 37659279 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2023.110371

2023 Foods (Basel, Switzerland) other

Antibacterial Activity of Hexanol Vapor In Vitro and on the Surface of Vegetables.

Hexanol is a volatile alcohol and a major component of plant essential oils (EOs). However, the antibacterial activity of hexanol vapor has not been well studied. This study aimed... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 37628096 DOI: 10.3390/foods12163097 Full text on PMC

2023 Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) gc ms

Codium fragile Suppressed Chronic PM2.5-Exposed Pulmonary Dysfunction via TLR/TGF-β Pathway in BALB/c Mice.

This study investigated the ameliorating effect of the aqueous extract of Codium fragile on PM2.5-induced pulmonary dysfunction. The major compounds of Codium fragile were identifi... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 37760047 DOI: 10.3390/antiox12091743 Full text on PMC

2023 Foods (Basel, Switzerland) other

The Interaction Relationship of Aroma Components Releasing with Saliva and Chewing Degree during Grilled Eels Consumption.

The interaction perception between aroma and oral chewing during food consumption has always been a hot topic in exploring consumers' preferences and purchase desires. A chewing si... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 37297372 DOI: 10.3390/foods12112127 Full text on PMC

2023 Heliyon other

Meat tenderization using acetaminophen (paracetamol/APAP): A review on deductive biochemical mechanisms, toxicological implications and strategies for mitigation.

Meats consist of edible portions originating from domestic and wild animals. Meat's palatability and sensory accessibility largely depend on its tenderness to consumers. Although m... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 37159697 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15628 Full text on PMC

2023 Applied microbiology and biotechnology pharmacology

Effects of probiotics on hypertension.

Emerging data have suggested that probiotics had good potential in regulating intestinal flora and preventing hypertension. Some studies in human and animal models have demonstrate... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 36646911 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-023-12369-8

2023 gc ms

Construction of Chemical Libraries of Volatile Compounds by Combinatorial Synthesis of Homologous Mixtures: Alk-4-en-1-ols, Alk-4-enals and Methyl Alk-4-enoates.

A compound library of sixty six linear compounds, eleven representatives of six molecular families: (E)- and (Z)-isomers of alk-4-en-1-ols, alk-4-enals, and methyl alk-4-enoates, w... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 36604308 DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.202200817

2023 ACS sensors other

Molecularly Imprinted Chemiresistive Sensor for Specific Recognition of Furaneol as a Biomarker of Strawberry Flavor Conditions.

This work introduces the concept of a molecularly imprinted gas sensor to monitor the condition of naturally ripened strawberries. Furaneol, 2,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxy-3(2H)-furanone,... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 37061942 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.2c02616

2023 Frontiers in microbiology other

Silibinin reduces in vitro methane production by regulating the rumen microbiome and metabolites.

This study used Silibinin as an additive to conduct fermentation experiments, wherein its effects on rumen gas production, fermentation, metabolites, and microbiome were analyzed i... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 37680535 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1225643 Full text on PMC

2023 Food chemistry other

Multi-omics revealed the formation mechanism of flavor in salted egg yolk induced by the stages of lipid oxidation during salting.

To explore the contribution of different lipid oxidation stages to flavor formation in salted egg yolk, potential pathways of flavor formation were characterized by multi-omics str... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 35964564 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.133794

2023 Chemosphere pharmacology

In vitro metabolism of triclosan and chemoprevention against its cytotoxicity.

Triclosan (TCS), a broad-spectrum antibacterial chemical, has been extensively used in personal daily care items, household commodities, and clinical medications; therefore, humans... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 37536533 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139708

2023 Current topics in medicinal chemistry pharmacology

Profiling of Polyphenolic Compounds, Antioxidant, Antidyslipidemic and Cardiac Risk Preventive Effect of Keteki Joha and Kola Joha Rice Cultivars Grown in Assam, India: A Comparative Study.

BACKGROUND: Food grains' ability to promote health is widely recognized as a result of their rich nutritional profile and presence of antioxidants. AIM: The present study aimed to... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 37469158 DOI: 10.2174/1568026623666230719113121

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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.