Peer-Reviewed Research Database
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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 the American Chemical Society
other
Ketones are among the most widely used intermediates in organic synthesis, and their synthesis from inexpensive feedstocks could be quite impactful. Regio- and enantioselective hyd...
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PMID: 34351138
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c06245
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2021
Organic & biomolecular chemistry
other
An expeditious green method for the synthesis of diverse valued substituted pyrroles through a Paal-Knorr condensation reaction, using a variety of amines and 2,5-hexanedione/2,5-d...
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2021
gc ms
The cell membrane-coated monolithic column (CMMC) ligand fishing assay is an interesting approach set up for the study of natural products (NPs). NPs such as Atractylodes lancea co...
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2021
gc ms
The antibacterial effect of volatile compounds in millets and cereal by‐products was investigated. Hexane extracts of rice bran (RB), corn cob (CC), green (GM), and yellow millets...
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2021
Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)
other
The prominent cultivation of lemongrass (Cymbopogon spp.) relies on the pharmacological incentives of its essential oil. Lemongrass essential oil (LEO) carries a significant amount...
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2021
gc ms
Abstract The essential oils extracted from Cymbopogon flexuosus, Cymbopogon winterianus, Cymbopogon martini were analyzed by trapping the volatile organic compounds using solid-pha...
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2021
aeda
The key aroma compounds in the fruit of Litsea pungens Hemsl. (LPH) were concentrated through solvent-assisted flavor evaporation (SAFE) and characterized by gas chromatography-mas...
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2021
gc ms
Recently, cultivated "Qi-Nan" (CQN) agarwood has emerged as a new high-quality agarwood in the agarwood market owing to its similar characteristics, such as high content of resin a...
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2021
gc ms
<h4>Background</h4>In the present study, we explored the composition of Cilantro (<i>Coriandrum sativum</i> L. leaves) essential oil (CEO) cultivated in Saudi Arabia (Al-Kharj) and...
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2021
other
Specific mate communication and recognition underlies reproduction and hence speciation. Mate communication evolves during adaptation to ecological niches and makes use of social s...
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2021
aroma analysis
Commercialization of extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) requires a best before date recommended at up to 24 months after bottling, stored under specific conditions. Thus, it is expected...
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PMID: 34574270
DOI: 10.3390/foods10092161
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2021
Chemosphere
other
Air-water interfaces are ubiquitous in nature, as manifested in the form of the surfaces of oceans, lakes, and atmospheric aqueous aerosols. The aerosol droplets interface, in part...
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2021
other
Silphion was an ancient medicinal gum-resin; most likely obtained from a <i>Ferula</i> species growing in the Cyrene region of Libya ca. 2500 years ago. Due to its therapeutic prop...
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2021
Frontiers in nutrition
other
Essential oils (EOs) from citrus fruits are excellent aromatic resources that are used in food, cosmetics, perfume, and cleaning products. EOs extracted from four citrus varieties,...
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2021
other
Plant secondary metabolites are compounds that play an important role in plant interactions and defense. Persian lime and Mexican lime as the two most important sour lime varieties...
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2021
Microbial ecology
other
Interactions between mutualistic bark beetles and ophiostomatoid fungi have received considerable attention in recent years. Studies have shown how volatile organic compounds emitt...
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2021
other
Naturally occurring compounds such as sesquiterpenes and sesquiterpenoids (SQTs) have been shown to modulate GABA<sub>A</sub> receptors (GABA<sub>A</sub> Rs). In this study, the mo...
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2021
gc ms
Natural products have long been considered as a kind of complementary medicine. In this study, we investigate the apoptotic effect of essential oils of Toona sinensis roots (TSR) o...
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2021
Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry
other
Strawberry is a highly desirable fruit with a unique taste and a good source of bioactive compounds beneficial to human health. However, it has a short post-harvest shelf life, mai...
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2021
Grasas y Aceites
other
The baking conditions of walnut kernels were optimized based on different cultivars and baking methods. The influence of the different baking techniques on the chemical properties...
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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.