Peer-Reviewed Research Database
The science behind the engine
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
More original analyses in queue — Rychlik integration writeup and per-compound OAV audits.
2022
sensory panel
The wrinkled pepper (<i>Capsicum annuum</i> L.) is a type of chili pepper domesticated in northwestern China, with a characteristic flavor. Fifteen wrinkled and four smooth-skinned...
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2022
Scientific reports
gc ms
Heterosis for agronomic traits is a widespread phenomenon that underpins hybrid crop breeding. However, heterosis at the level of cellular metabolites has not yet been fully explor...
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2022
International journal of biological macromolecules
other
The present investigation aimed to elucidate the effects of chitosan (CH) and guar gum (GG) based composite edible coating on physicochemical quality and storability of Kinnow frui...
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2022
gc ms
<h4>Background</h4>The aim of this work was the study of the proximate composition and profile of fatty acids, minerals, and some microbiological aspects of four edible seaweed spe...
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2022
gc ms
<i>Adenophyllum porophyllum</i> var. <i>cancellatum</i>, known as "árnica del monte" in Mexico, is an aromatic annual plant belonging to the Asteraceae family that grows from south...
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2022
other
The genus <i>Hyssopus</i> is widespread in central Asia, East Mediterranean, and Mongolian areas. It has six main species which are used as herbal remedies, such as <i>Hyssopus off...
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PMID: 35069979
DOI: 10.1155/2022/8442734
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2022
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
other
Fermented bean products are used worldwide; most of the products are made using only a few kinds of beans. However, the metabolite changes and contents in the beans generally used...
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2022
gc ms
Volatile oil from the flower petals of damask rose (Rosa damascena Mill.) is one of the most valuable and important raw materials in the perfumery, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical in...
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2022
gc ms
Volatile compounds from cooked and aged (0, 7, 14, 21 days) Hispano-Bretón horse meat (loin) were analyzed by solid-phase microextraction coupled to gas chromatography-mass spectro...
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2022
other
Root-knot nematodes (RKN; <i>Meloidogyne</i> spp.) cause a significant decrease in the yield of cucumber crops every year. <i>Cucumis metuliferus</i> is an important wild germplasm...
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PMID: 35531315
DOI: 10.1093/hr/uhac051
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2022
gc ms
Bioactive plant-derived molecules have emerged as therapeutic alternatives in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. In this investigation, principal bioactive compounds of the h...
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2022
aroma analysis
Yeast plays a key role in the production of alcoholic beverages. Effective fermentation requires appropriate conditions to ensure the production of high-quality beer. The paper dis...
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PMID: 35564041
DOI: 10.3390/foods11091316
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2022
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry
other
In recent years, many hop varieties with unique aromas, so-called "flavor hops", have been bred and grown. Here, we investigated the effect of late-harvested hops using three flavo...
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2022
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
gc ms
The present study investigated by palynological and chemical analysis (Flame Atomic Absortion Spectrometry) about the botanical origin and the heavy metals content (arsenic, cadmiu...
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2022
PloS one
other
This study examined the roles of visual and olfactory responses during foraging and courtship in butterfly Papilio xuthus. P. xuthus showed obvious orientation to color in the rang...
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2022
PloS one
other
Animals are constantly bombarded with stimuli, which presents a fundamental problem of sorting among pervasive uninformative stimuli and novel, possibly meaningful stimuli. We eval...
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2022
The Journal of experimental biology
other
Real-world experiences often mix appetitive and aversive events. Understanding the ability of animals to extract, store and use this information is an important issue in neurobiolo...
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2022
'MDPI AG'
pharmacology
Structural and Functional Analysis of Extracts in Plants collects 1 editorial, 3 reviews, and 26 research articles reporting recent research findings which cover several aspects of...
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2022
Jurnal Agritech
aroma analysis
PT. Pagilaran developed five new clones named PGL 9, PGL 10, PGL 11, PGL 12, and PGL 15 for black tea. These clones can be potentially made into ready-to-drink (RTD) instant tea be...
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2022
gc ms
Asparagus (<i>A. officinalis</i> L.) is a perennial herb of the genus <i>Asparagus</i> that is rich in nutrients. This study aimed to distinguish three cultivars of asparagus (Pala...
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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.