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
Biotechnology for biofuels
other
BACKGROUND: Biotechnological processes for efficient resource recovery from residual materials rely on complex conversions carried out by reactor microbiomes. Chain elongation micr...
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2021
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The surfaces of grapes are covered by different yeast species that are important in the first stages of the fermentation process. In recent years, non-<i>Saccharomyces</i> yeasts s...
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PMID: 33530422
DOI: 10.3390/ijms22031196
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2021
gc ms
<i>Abeliophyllum distichum</i> (Oleaceae), which is the only species in the monotypic genus and is grown only on the Korean peninsula, has a high scarcity value. Its five variants...
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2021
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The asymmetric reduction of activated C=C bonds such as enones is well established for non-enzymatic methods as well as in biocatalysis. However, the asymmetric reduction of unfunc...
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2021
other
Coffee harvested in the Caparaó region (Minas Gerais, Brazil) is associated with high-quality coffee beans resulting in high-quality beverages. We characterize, microbiologically a...
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2021
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The kilning of malt occurs at different temperatures, depending on the desired color and aromas. Higher temperatures applied during kilning can be involved in polycyclic aromatic h...
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2021
Chemosphere
aroma analysis
Sampling points belonging to the Harz National Park river system, Germany, were selected between the period of 2014 and 2017 for monitoring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs),...
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2021
Journal of food biochemistry
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Marine pharaoh cuttlefish Sepia pharaonis (family Sepiidae) is regarded as an economically important class of cephalopod in the coastal Mediterranean and Asian regions. Bioassay-gu...
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2021
Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)
other
The additive strategy is widely used in optimizing the morphology of organic solar cells (OSCs). The majority of additives are liquid with high boiling points, which will be trappe...
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2021
gc ms
This paper presents the earliest evidence for the exploitation of lignite (brown coal) in Europe and sheds new light on the use of combustion fuel sources in the 2nd millennium BCE...
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2021
Plants (Basel, Switzerland)
gc ms
The compositions of volatile components in the aerial parts of six Astragalus species, namely A. campylotrichus (Aca), A. chiwensis (Ach), A. lehmannianus (Ale), A. macronyx (Ama),...
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2021
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
gc ms
Cold-pressed plant oils are of high interest to consumers due to their unique and interesting flavors. As they are usually only pressed at low temperatures and filtered, without fu...
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2021
pharmacology
<i>Ehretia laevis</i> Roxb. (Boraginaceae) has been extensively used as a traditional remedy for the treatment of a diverse range of ailments related to the respiratory system, the...
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2021
The journal of physical chemistry. A
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Chlorine-initiated oxidation of alkanes has been shown to rapidly form secondary organic aerosol (SOA) at higher yields than OH-alkane reactions. However, the effects of alkane vol...
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2021
The EMBO journal
gc ms
Animals possess conserved mechanisms to detect pathogens and to improve survival in their presence by altering their own behavior and physiology. Here, we utilize Caenorhabditis el...
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2021
Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)
gc ms
The surface properties of two sepiolite samples and one palygorskite sample were compared using inverse gas chromatography (IGC). Samples were previously conditioned at appropriate...
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PMID: 34208459
DOI: 10.3390/nano11061579
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2021
Environmental science and pollution research international
other
A human health risk assessment was performed to evaluate if a biofilter for the biological methane oxidation reduces the risk from exposure to landfill gas emissions and improves t...
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2021
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
gc ms
The aim of this study was to analyze the exhaled volatile organic compounds (VOCs) profile, airway microbiome, lung function and exercise performance in congenital diaphragmatic he...
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2021
other
In this manuscript, a series of research reports focused on dietary lipid oxidation products (LOPs), their toxicities and adverse health effects are critically reviewed in order to...
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2021
aroma analysis
This study aimed to investigate microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) of dried ginger and to develop a rice-based edible film incorporating ginger extract. The optimal MAE conditions...
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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.