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
Journal of breath research
other
A major challenge for breath research is the lack of standardization in sampling and analysis. To address this, a test that utilizes a standardized intervention and a defined study...
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2021
Journal of food biochemistry
other
In recent years, Brassica juncea has been selected as a special agricultural crop in Jeongseon, Gangwon-do, Korea, and is actively grown there. However, there have been no studies...
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2021
ACS omega
gc ms
Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites of some fungal species and represent important contaminants of food and feed. This study aimed to explore the biological control activity of Ba...
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2021
other
Black cherry is an ecologically important high-value wood. A decline of its regeneration has been reported in the USA, which could be associated with a lack of pollination. This st...
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2021
The New phytologist
gc ms
Herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs) are widely recognized as an ecologically important defensive response of plants against herbivory. Although the induction of this 'cry for...
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PMID: 33459359
DOI: 10.1111/nph.17214
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2021
F1000Research
other
Background: Spirulina platensis contains several bioactive molecules such as phenol, flavonoid and phycocyanin pigments. This study unveils total phenol, flavonoid, antioxidant ac...
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2021
Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
other
Nitrite, ethyl carbamate, and biogenic amines in fermented vegetables are considered harmful compounds. In this study, the concentration of the nitrite, ethyl carbamate, and biogen...
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PMID: 34945701
DOI: 10.3390/foods10123150
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2021
Elsevier
other
Background
The light-dependent reactions involving riboflavin (RF) and methionine (Met) as substrates are responsible for the light-struck taste (LST). This fault is associated to...
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2021
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry
threshold study
The aim of this study was to improve our knowledge on the chemical markers of Cognac aromas. We report results concerning the distribution and sensorial impact of 3-methyl-2,4-nona...
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2021
Cells
pharmacology
Capsaicin is a potent agonist of the Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid type 1 (TRPV1) channel and is a common component found in the fruits of the genus Capsicum plants, which...
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PMID: 35011580
DOI: 10.3390/cells11010018
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2021
Journal of food science
pharmacology
The development of natural antimicrobial agents has attracted long-term attention due to the increasing demand for food preservation. Papaya, a widely cultivated nutritious tropica...
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2021
Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
aeda
Vegetables of the plant order Brassicales are believed to have health-promoting properties, as they provide high contents of glucosinolates (GLS) and deriving from these, enzymatic...
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PMID: 34198882
DOI: 10.3390/foods10061300
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2021
Seminars in cancer biology
aeda
Vegetables of the Allium genus, such as garlic (Allium sativum L.), onions, shallots, leaks, and chives, have been used for many years for food consumption and for medicinal purpos...
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2021
Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)
pharmacology
Campylobacter jejuni is an important foodborne pathogen causing campylobacteriosis. It can infect humans through the consumption of contaminated chicken products or via the direct...
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2021
Molecular and cellular biochemistry
pharmacology
Allium species, belonging to Alliaceae family, are among the oldest cultivated vegetables used as food. Garlic, onions, leeks and chives, which belong to this family, have been rep...
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2021
Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland)
other
Schizophyllum commune is a causative agent of allergic bronchopulmonary mycosis, allergic fungal rhinosinusitis, and basidiomycosis. Diagnosis of these diseases remains difficult b...
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PMID: 34201392
DOI: 10.3390/jof7060465
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2021
Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
threshold study
Pyrazines are important compounds in soy sauce aroma type Baijiu (SSAB). In this work, a total of 16 pyrazines were analyzed using ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled w...
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PMID: 33671408
DOI: 10.3390/foods10020441
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2021
Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
aroma analysis
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of different origin (Venezuela, Ghana, Peru) dark chocolates on emotions induced for consumers, and to analyse the relationships am...
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PMID: 33803676
DOI: 10.3390/foods10030642
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2021
Frontiers in microbiology
gc ms
The antagonistic mechanisms of soluble non-volatile bioactive compounds, such as proteins and lipopeptides emitted from Bacillus have been widely studied. However, there are limite...
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2021
Food chemistry
aroma analysis
Malnutrition is a serious problem in the elderly while understanding flavour perception could be a tool for controlling appetite or food choices. To increase our knowledge, we char...
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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.