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
Phytochemical analysis : PCA
other
INTRODUCTION: Zingiberis Rhizoma (ZR) has been used as a traditional Chinese herb and culinary food for thousands of years. Its two processed products, Zingiberis Rhizoma Praeparat...
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2021
Journal of applied toxicology : JAT
other
Asarone isomers are naturally occurring in Acorus calamus Linné, Guatteria gaumeri Greenman, and Aniba hostmanniana Nees. These secondary plant metabolites belong to the class of p...
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2021
'Elsevier BV'
gc ms
07 January 2023AperTO - Archivio Istituzionale Open Access dell'Università di TorinoOriginal Citation:Cocoa smoky off-flavour: A MS-based analytical decision maker for routine cont...
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2021
aroma analysis
Melatonin is a pleiotropic molecule that regulates a variety of developmental processes. Floral volatiles are important features of flowers that facilitate flower-visitor interacti...
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2021
Ecotoxicology and environmental safety
other
Males of the Oriental fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) are highly attracted to, and compulsively feed, on methyl eugenol (ME). ME is converted into 2-allyl-4,5-dimethoxypheno...
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2021
pharmacology
<i>Stevia rebaudiana</i> is an important medicinal plant that belongs to the <i>Asteraceae</i> family. The leaves of <i>Stevia rebaudiana</i> are a rich source of many health-promo...
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2021
other
Moringa oleifera is an important traditional medicinal plant usedfor the treatment of many health problems.It is widely cultivated across the world but it has not well known orwell...
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2021
other
The negative effects of smoke exposure of grapes in vineyards that are close to harvest are well documented. Volatile phenols in smoke from forest and grass fires can contaminate b...
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2021
gc ms
Nature has been a rich resource of novel anticancer agents, one such source being lichens, which represent the symbiosis between algae and fungi with diverse range of secondary met...
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2021
gc ms
Fruit and vegetable crops that are not consumed immediately, unlike other agricultural products, require economic and time investments until they reach the final consumers. Synthet...
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2021
other
Alkenylbenzenes are naturally occurring secondary plant metabolites, primarily present in different herbs and spices, such as basil or fennel seeds. Thus, alkenylbenzenes, such as...
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PMID: 34574258
DOI: 10.3390/foods10092139
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2021
other
Laccase-based biocatalytic reactions have been tested with and without mediators and optimized in the oxidation of allylbenzene derivatives, such as methyl eugenol taken as a model...
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2021
gc ms
Endophytic fungal isolates <i>Hypocrea lixii</i> F3ST1 and <i>Beauveria bassiana</i> G1LU3 were evaluated for their potential to endophytically colonize and induce active compounds...
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2021
gc ms
<h4>Background</h4>The chloroacetamide herbicides pretilachlor is an emerging pollutant. Due to the large amount of use, its presence in the environment threatens human health. How...
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2021
Food chemistry
aeda
For the urgent need for fermentation control and product quality improvement of Pu-erh tea, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and odor activity value (OAV) were used to comprehe...
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2021
gc ms
In this work, the chemical composition of <i>Rubia tinctorum</i> root hydromethanolic extract was analyzed by GC-MS, and over 50 constituents were identified. The main phytochemica...
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2021
threshold study
Screening the volatiles isolated from a standard polypropylene material consisting of a polypropylene homopolymer, the filler talcum, and a mixture of antioxidants, for odor-active...
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2021
pharmacology
Medicinal plants are being used worldwide for centuries for their beneficial properties. Some of the most popular medicinal plants belong to the <i>Melissa</i> genus, and different...
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PMID: 39071243
DOI: 10.1155/2021/6584693
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2021
Plant disease
gc ms
The application of agricultural and forest residues can benefit the environment and the economy; however, they also generate a large amount of byproducts. In this study, bamboo tar...
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2021
other
The chemical profile of <i>Thymus proximus</i> essential oil (EO) and its allelopathic, phytotoxic, and insecticidal activity was evaluated. Carvacrol, p-cymene, and γ-terpinene we...
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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.