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
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
gc ms
Terminalia catappa L. (tropical almond) is a nutritious fruit found mainly in the tropics. This study is aimed to establish the naturally biotransformed molecules and identify the...
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2021
Journal of food protection
other
ABSTRACT: Butter adulteration practices and their health risks were assessed along the supply chains in the central highlands and southwestern midlands of Ethiopia. A purposive sam...
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2021
Journal of clinical medicine
other
The aim of this work is a review of recent scientific literature about intra-oral halitosis among patients using dentures. Halitosis is a condition in which an unpleasant smell com...
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PMID: 34884262
DOI: 10.3390/jcm10235560
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2021
aroma analysis
White chanterelles (Basidiomycota), lacking the orange pigments and apricot-like odour of typical chanterelles, were found recently in the Canadian provinces of Québec (QC) and New...
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2021
gc ms
Pine honey is highly appreciated by consumers because of its non-crystallization, appearance, color, taste, and unique aroma. The objective of this study was to investigate the vol...
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2021
The Journal of experimental biology
gc ms
An effective means of finding food is crucial for organisms. Whereas specialized animals select a small number of potentially available food sources, generalists use a broader rang...
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2021
gc ms
This paper presents data on the bioactive phytoconstituents in <i>Azadirachta indica, Canna indica, Magnifera indica, and Moringa oleifera</i> analyzed using quantitative and quali...
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2021
Food chemistry
other
The aim of this study was to increase the baked flavour of low-acrylamide potato products. Strecker aldehydes and pyrazines make an important contribution to the flavour of potato...
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2021
Oncology reports
other
Chemoresistance is the main cause of poor prognosis in colorectal cancer (CRC). Nicotinamide N‑methyltransferase (NNMT) is a metabolic enzyme that is upregulated in various tumor t...
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PMID: 33907844
DOI: 10.3892/or.2021.8061
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2021
Food chemistry
aroma analysis
Earthy off-odour in farm-raised freshwater fish is considered a quality defect. This study aimed to investigate the potential of pH-shift processing to remove off-odours from farm-...
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2021
aeda
Yongchuan douchi is a traditional fermented soya bean product which is popular in Chinese dishes due to its unique flavor. In this study, the key aroma-active compounds of Yongchua...
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2021
Chemistry & biodiversity
gc ms
The essential oil (EO) of the herbal pair (HP), Alpinia officinarum-Cyperus rotundus (HP G-X) has been conventionally used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for 'warming the st...
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2021
Current microbiology
gc ms
Brassica napus L. is a main oilseed crop cultivated around the world. Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are generally applied to a wide range of agricultural crops for th...
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2021
The Science of the total environment
gc ms
Climate change is altering high-latitude ecosystems in multiple facets, including increased insect herbivory pressure and enhanced emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOC) fro...
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2021
gc ms
The essential oil (EO) of <i>Salvia leucantha</i> Cav. was isolated by steam distillation of the aerial parts collected in the South of Ecuador. Its physical properties were evalua...
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2021
Natural product research
aroma analysis
This paper reports the first chemical study of the non-volatile compounds, antioxidant capacity and antimicrobial effect of the methanol extract of the leaves of Myrcia rufipila Mc...
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2021
aeda
Sugars are critical components of fruit juice. The binding of sugars and aroma compounds may affect the release of flavor in juices. In this study, the effects of sucrose, glucose,...
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2021
Metabolites
other
History suggests that tasteful properties of sugar have been domesticated as far back as 8000 BCE. With origins in New Guinea, the cultivation of sugar quickly spread over centurie...
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2021
BMC complementary medicine and therapies
aeda
BACKGROUNDS: The dried rhizome of Ligusticum sinense Oliv.cv. Chaxiong has been used to treat cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, atherosclerosis, anemia and stroke. A hig...
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2021
Environmental science and pollution research international
gc ms
This study is focused on the analysis of regional variation of the chemical compositions of three Clinopodium menthifolium subsp. ascendens (Jord.) Govaerts Tunisian accession, as...
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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.