Peer-Reviewed Research Database

Cocoa — 1,906 papers

Papers mentioning cocoa or its compounds, drawn from PubMed and peer-reviewed food science journals. Click any title to read the full abstract on the original source.

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Where the cocoa research comes from

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Jiangnan University

Chinese Academy of Sciences

China Agricultural University

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Beijing Technology and Business University

State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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2026 Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.) sensory panel

Unlocking the Feng-flavor baijiu code: Single-strain yeast inoculants outperform co-cultures in enhancing sweet honey-ester aroma.

The addition of exogenous functional microbial strains during Feng-flavor Baijiu fermentation influences the organoleptic profile of Baijiu, but its regulatory mechanisms remain un... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 41794524 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2026.118518

2025 Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology aroma analysis

Biosensor-Guided Engineering of a Baeyer-Villiger Monooxygenase for Aliphatic Ester Production.

Esters are valuable aroma compounds and can be produced enzymatically by Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenases (BVMOs) from (aliphatic) ketone precursors. However, a genetically encoded b... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 39320950 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202400712 Full text on PMC

2025 gc ms

Insight into the effect of geography and variety on the wine flavory distinctness based on the variations of indigenous microbiota in Xinjiang of China.

Wine fermentation and flavour formation are the result of complex biochemical reactions driven by the microbial activity at the influences of multiple scales, of which the regional... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 40356098 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2025.116364

2025 Food microbiology other

Metagenomics reveals the differences in flavor quality of rice wines with Hongqu and Maiqu as the fermentation starters.

Chinese rice wine (CRW) is an alcoholic beverage made mainly from rice or grain through saccharification and fermentation with Jiuqu (starter). Jiuqu makes an important contributio... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 39448157 DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2024.104647

2024 Journal of agricultural and food chemistry gc ms

Antipathogenic Activities of Volatile Organic Compounds Produced by Bacillus velezensis LT1 against Sclerotium rolfsii LC1, the Pathogen of Southern Blight in Coptis chinensis.

This study explores the antipathogenic properties of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) produced by Bacillus velezensis LT1, isolated from the rhizosphere soil of Coptis chinensis.... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 38657235 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.4c00984

2024 Food chemistry aeda

Decoding the key compounds responsible for the empty cup aroma of soy sauce aroma type baijiu.

The empty cup aroma in soy sauce aroma type baijiu (SSB) is distinct, but the specific compounds responsible for its unique aroma remain unknown. The aroma characteristics of SSB a... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 37741247 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2023.137466

2023 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America aroma analysis

Dynamic changes to the plant cuticle include the production of volatile cuticular wax-derived compounds.

The cuticle is a hydrophobic structure that seals plant aerial surfaces from the surrounding environment. To better understand how cuticular wax composition changes over developmen... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 38019866 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2307012120 Full text on PMC

2022 Journal of chemical ecology unrelated

Potent Ant Deterrents Emitted from Nematode-Infected Insect Cadavers.

Most known species of entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) are generalist obligate parasites of insects. They kill their hosts within days after infection and mortality is mainly caus... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 34738202 DOI: 10.1007/s10886-021-01320-8 Full text on PMC

2021 gc ms

Effect of free amino acids and peptide hydrolysates from sunflower seed protein on the formation of pyrazines under different heating conditions.

Most research concerning pyrazine formation in the Maillard reaction is mainly focused on free amino acids (FAAs), but limited information is available on the effect of peptides an... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 35480741 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra05140g Full text on PMC

2020 Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM gc ms

Ruta chalepensis L. Essential Oil Has a Biological Potential for a Natural Fight against the Pest of Stored Foodstuffs: Tribolium castaneum Herbst.

Chemical pesticides used against insect pests of stored food have adverse effects on both health and the environment. So, the present study aims to evaluate the insect repulsive an... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 32908563 DOI: 10.1155/2020/5739786 Full text on PMC

2020 Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.) aeda

Characterization of odor-active compounds in the head, heart, and tail fractions of freshly distilled spirit from Spine grape (Vitis davidii Foex) wine by gas chromatography-olfactometry and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.

Differences in key odor-active volatile compounds among the head, heart, and tail fractions of freshly distilled spirits from Spine grape (Vitis davidii Foex) wine were identified... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 33233090 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2020.109388

2019 Food science & nutrition gc ms

Investigating the flavor compounds in the cocoa powder production process.

Flavor is one of the most important quality properties of cacao beans, playing a key role in the admissibility of cocoa products, such as cocoa powder. This study examined the indu... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 31890167 DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.1244 Full text on PMC

2017 Journal of agricultural and food chemistry threshold study

Potent Odorants of Characteristic Floral/Sweet Odor in Chinese Chrysanthemum Flower Tea Infusion.

An investigation using the aroma extract dilution analysis (AEDA) technique applied to the aroma concentrates prepared from the tea infusions of two different types of Chinese chry... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 29086561 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b04116

2016 Journal of chemical ecology other

Evidence for a Nest Defense Pheromone in Bald-Faced Hornets, Dolichovespula Maculata, and Identification of Components.

In eusocial insects like Bald-faced hornets, Dolichovespula maculata, nest defense is essential because nests contain a large number of protein-rich larvae and pupae, and thus are... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 27146994 DOI: 10.1007/s10886-016-0699-6

2015 Food chemistry gc ms

Application of integrated comprehensive/multidimensional gas chromatography with mass spectrometry and olfactometry for aroma analysis in wine and coffee.

Component coelution in chromatographic analysis complicates identification and attribution of individual odour-active volatile molecules in complex multi-component samples. An inte... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 25952879 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2015.04.003

2014 aeda

Aromatic composition and potent odorants of the “specialty coffee” brew “Bourbon Pointu” correlated to its three trade classifications

Amongst all kinds of coffee brews, “specialty coffee” is conspicuous in particular by a unique flavour. “Bourbon Pointu” coffee, Coffea arabica var. laurina, born from a spontaneou... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: doi:10.1016/j.foodres.2013.07.034 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2013.07.034

1977 Zeitschrift fur Lebensmittel-Untersuchung und -Forschung aroma analysis

[Gas-chromatographic-mass-spectral analysis of aroma-compounds of bread (author's transl)].

Analysis of aroma compounds of whithe bread by means of a combined gas-chromatographic-mass-spectral method was carried out. 29 organic compounds were identified, 20 of which were... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 602439 DOI: 10.1007/BF01136181

2025 Environmental research other

Adolescent exposure to benzophenone ultraviolet filters: cross-sectional associations with obesity, cardiometabolic biomarkers, and asthma/allergy in six European biomonitoring studies.

BACKGROUND: Exposure to benzophenone-1 (BP-1) and benzophenone-3 (BP-3), widely used as UV filters in personal care products, has been associated with adverse health effects. Howev... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 40409449 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2025.121912

2025 aroma analysis

Isolation of enzyme-producing microbial strains and their effects on the color and quality of tobacco stems.

China is one of the world's major tobacco producers, yielding more than 2.2 million tons of tobacco leaves annually, among which approximately 25-30% constitute by-products such as... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 41444510 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-025-07729-7 Full text on PMC

2024 Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology other

Recent use of consumer and personal care products and exposures to select endocrine disrupting chemicals among urban children with asthma.

BACKGROUND: Emerging studies suggest that endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in personal care and other consumer products are linked with various adverse health effects, includi... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 38890543 DOI: 10.1038/s41370-024-00693-8 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.