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.
2021
Frontiers in pharmacology
other
Callicarpa nudiflora (C. nudiflora) is widely used to treat inflammation-related diseases in China. C. nudiflora mainly contains phenylethanol glycosides, flavonoids, triterpenes,...
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2021
BioMed research international
other
In this study, the ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE) of flavonoid from Paeonia lactiflora seed peel was optimized by response surface methodology (RSM). Single-factor experiment...
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PMID: 33681378
DOI: 10.1155/2021/7304107
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2021
Drug design, development and therapy
pharmacology
PURPOSE: Caffeic acid is a metabolite of hydroxycinnamate and phenylpropanoid, which are commonly synthesized by all plant species. It is present in various food sources that are k...
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PMID: 33519191
DOI: 10.2147/DDDT.S287280
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2021
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
pharmacology
Due to the health-promoting properties of elderberry fruits, which result from their rich chemical composition, this raw material is widely used in herbal medicine and the food ind...
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2021
ChemSusChem
other
p-Hydroxycinnamic acids (i. e., p-coumaric, ferulic, sinapic, and caffeic acids) are phenolic compounds involved in the biosynthesis pathway of lignin. These naturally occurring mo...
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2021
Comprehensive Physiology
other
The gustatory system detects and informs us about the nature of various chemicals we put in our mouth. Some of these have nutritive value (sugars, amino acids, salts, and fats) and...
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2021
Journal of food science and technology
pharmacology
Clitoria ternatea or commonly known as 'Butterfly pea' has been used traditionally in Ayurvedic medicine in which various parts of the plants are used to treat health issues such a...
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2021
Journal of food science
pharmacology
Bananas (Musaceae) are one of the world's most common fruit crops and the oldest medicinal plants that are used to treat a variety of infections. There has been recent interest in...
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2021
Metabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society
gc ms
INTRODUCTION: Coffee is a popular beverage because of its pleasant aroma and distinctive flavor. The flavor of coffee results from chemical transformations influenced by various in...
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2021
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
other
The analysis of total vitamin C content in food is most frequently performed by reducing dehydroascorbic acid to ascorbic acid, which is then assayed with the technique of high-per...
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2021
gc ms
Pathophysiology of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is not fully understood and it has been widely accepted that the parasitic components and host immune response both contribute to the...
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2021
International archives of occupational and environmental health
other
OBJECTIVE: This cross-sectional study determined whether acute sensory irritative or (sub)chronic inflammatory effects of the eyes, nose or respiratory tract are observed in employ...
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2021
Applied biochemistry and biotechnology
other
Composting is a biological decomposition process that occurs from microbial progression, which brings about the degradation and stabilization of various organic waste into compost....
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2021
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
other
The higher alcohols 2-phenylethanol, tryptophol, and tyrosol are a group of yeast-derived compounds that have been shown to affect the aroma and flavour of fermented beverages. Fiv...
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2021
mBio
other
A sparse number of available antifungal drugs, therapeutic side effects, and drug resistance are major challenges in current antifungal therapy to treat Candida albicans-associated...
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PMID: 34399611
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.01891-21
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2021
sensory panel
Abstract Volatile odor is one of the major sources of food flavor. To preserve the aroma components of balsam pear during drying, a microwave drying system was designed with online...
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2021
Nutrients
pharmacology
Head and neck cancer (HNC) includes oral cavity cancer (OCC), pharyngeal cancer (PC), and laryngeal cancer (LC). It is one of the most frequent cancers in the world. Smoking and al...
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PMID: 35010963
DOI: 10.3390/nu14010088
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2021
International journal of molecular sciences
pharmacology
Sarcopenia, an age-related decline in skeletal muscle mass and function, dramatically affects the quality of life. Although there is a consensus that sarcopenia is a multifactorial...
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PMID: 34575884
DOI: 10.3390/ijms22189724
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2021
Chemosphere
gc ms
Quality and safety of food, including honey, is one of the leading priorities regarding residues of anthropogenic chemicals with proven adverse health effects. In total, 61 honey s...
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2021
Prostaglandins, leukotrienes, and essential fatty acids
other
Oleoylethanolamide (OEA), a well-known satiety factor, is produced during feeding in the proximal intestine. Enterocytes sense oleic acid in dietary fat via CD36 and convert it to...
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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.