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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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2022 Journal of chromatography. A other

Purification of menthone and menthol from Mentha haplocalyx by suspension particle assisted solvent sublation, neuroprotective effect in vitro and molecular docking of menthol on amyloid-β.

Suspension particle assisted solvent sublation was designed for the first time. The volatile monoterpenes in Mentha haplocalyx Briq were extracted using this method from a solution... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 35597196 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2022.463125

2022 International journal of molecular sciences other

Menthone Inhalation Alleviates Local and Systemic Allergic Inflammation in Ovalbumin-Sensitized and Challenged Asthmatic Mice.

Menthone is rich in Mentha × Piperita L. essential oil and it has anti-inflammatory properties; research shows that it is useful, via percutaneous absorption, in treating inflammat... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 35409371 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23074011 Full text on PMC

2022 Food chemistry aroma analysis

Antioxidant capacity and interaction of endogenous phenolic compounds from tea seed oil.

Endogenous phenols play a significant role in delaying oil rancidity. In this study, the profile of 22 endogenous phenols was determined from tea seed oil by UPLC-MS/MS, of which 1... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 34968910 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.131940

2022 Food chemistry pharmacology

Design, synthesis and characterization of lysozyme-gentisic acid dual-functional conjugates with antibacterial/antioxidant activities.

Both microbiological and chemical food spoilages remain to be the major challenges in the food industry's efforts to combat food waste and loss because of the lack of high efficacy... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 34500294 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.131032

2022 Foods (Basel, Switzerland) sensory panel

An Exploration of Pepino (Solanum muricatum) Flavor Compounds Using Machine Learning Combined with Metabolomics and Sensory Evaluation.

Flavor is one of the most important characteristics that directly determines the popularity of a food. Moreover, the flavor of fruits is determined by the interaction of multiple m... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 37430996 DOI: 10.3390/foods11203248 Full text on PMC

2022 gc ms

Identification of non-volatile compounds that impact consumer liking of strawberry preserves: Untargeted LC-MS analysis.

Non-volatile compounds that impact the acceptability of strawberry preserves were investigated by untargeted LC-MS flavoromics analysis. Chemical profiles for fifteen strawberry pr... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 35032799 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.132042

2022 Nature metabolism other

Bacterial hydrogen sulfide drives cryptic redox chemistry in gut microbial communities.

Microbial biochemistry contributes to a dynamic environment in the gut. Yet, how bacterial metabolites such as hydrogen sulfide (H2S) mechanistically alter the gut chemical landsca... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 36266544 DOI: 10.1038/s42255-022-00656-z Full text on PMC

2022 Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) other

The Potential Implications of Hydrogen Sulfide in Aging and Age-Related Diseases through the Lens of Mitohormesis.

The growing increases in the global life expectancy and the incidence of chronic diseases as a direct consequence have highlighted a demand to develop effective strategies for prom... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 36009338 DOI: 10.3390/antiox11081619 Full text on PMC

2022 aroma analysis

Effect of post-harvest treatments on the biosynthesis of fruit volatile compounds - A review

Fruits have different aromatic profiles according to their stage of ripeness, therefore, volatile compounds profile is an important quality attribute, which also determines flavor... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: doi:10.2174/1573401318666220527123341 DOI: 10.2174/1573401318666220527123341

2022 Frontiers in plant science other

A 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic-acid (ACC) dipeptide elicits ethylene responses through ACC-oxidase mediated substrate promiscuity.

Plants produce the volatile hormone ethylene to regulate many developmental processes and to deal with (a)biotic stressors. In seed plants, ethylene is synthesized from 1-aminocycl... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 36172554 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.995073 Full text on PMC

2022 Membranes pharmacology

The Emergence and Impact of Ethylene Scavengers Techniques in Delaying the Ripening of Fruits and Vegetables.

As the top grocery list priorities, the primary challenge when purchasing fruits and vegetables from supermarkets is obtaining fresh, minimally processed perishable goods. This sou... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 35207039 DOI: 10.3390/membranes12020117 Full text on PMC

2022 Nutrients other

Associations of Dietary Intakes with Gynecological Cancers: Findings from a Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: Gynecological cancers, including cervical cancer, ovarian cancer and endometrial cancer are leading causes of cancer-related death in women worldwide. Diet plays an imp... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 36501056 DOI: 10.3390/nu14235026 Full text on PMC

2022 Nutrients aeda

Bioavailability, Efficacy, Safety, and Regulatory Status of Creatine and Related Compounds: A Critical Review.

In 2011, we published a paper providing an overview about the bioavailability, efficacy, and regulatory status of creatine monohydrate (CrM), as well as other "novel forms" of crea... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 35268011 DOI: 10.3390/nu14051035 Full text on PMC

2022 Current topics in medicinal chemistry other

Indazole Derivatives Effective against Gastrointestinal Diseases.

BACKGROUND: In this fast-growing lifestyle, humans are in the race against time to cope up with busy schedule. Less exercise, consumption of high calorie-low fiber food and stress... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 34886775 DOI: 10.2174/1568026621666211209155933

2022 Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy other

Colorimetric and turn-on fluorescent chemosensor with large stokes shift for sensitively probing cyanide anion in real samples and living systems.

Cyanide anion is a ubiquitous chemical substance in the ecosystem, however, human daily life is severely threatened by its toxicity at any time. In this paper, a novel colorimetric... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 35051796 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2022.120882

2022 Frontiers in endocrinology other

Dietary oleic acid contributes to the regulation of food intake through the synthesis of intestinal oleoylethanolamide.

INTRODUCTION: Among the fatty acid ethanolamides (FAEs), oleoylethanolamide (OEA), linoleoylethanolamide (LEA), and palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) are reported to be involved in feedi... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 36733808 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2022.1056116 Full text on PMC

2022 Microbial cell factories other

Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for efficient biosynthesis of butyl acetate.

BACKGROUND: Butyl acetate is a versatile compound that is widely used in the chemical and food industry. The conventional butyl acetate synthesis via Fischer esterification of buta... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 35193559 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-022-01755-y Full text on PMC

2022 Food technology and biotechnology aeda

Polyethylene Glycol-Stabilized Zein Nanoparticles Containing Gallic Acid.

RESEARCH BACKGROUND: Gallic acid is a polyphenol with antioxidant and antitumor activities; however, its use as a nutraceutical or drug is hindered by its low bioavailability. Zein... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 35910271 DOI: 10.17113/ftb.60.02.22.6981 Full text on PMC

2022 aeda

Process Modelling and Simulation of Key Volatile Compounds of Maillard Reaction Products Derived from Beef Tallow Residue Hydrolysate Based on Proxy Models.

The hydrolysis time is directly related to the flavor of the Maillard reaction, but existing proxy models cannot simulate and model the variation curves of vital volatile component... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 36230038 DOI: 10.3390/foods11192962 Full text on PMC

2022 gc ms

Volatile compounds from <i>in vitro</i> metabolism of seven <i>Listeria monocytogenes</i> isolates belonging to different clonal complexes.

Microorganisms produce a wide variety of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) as products of their metabolism and some of them can be specific VOCs linked to the microorganism's ident... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 35723974 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.001553

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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.