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
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
other
Controlling the morphology of metal halide perovskite layers during processing is critical for the manufacturing of optoelectronics. Here, a strategy to control the microstructure...
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2021
other
Flavor instability of pale lager beer depends decisively on aroma-active aldehydes from the Maillard reaction, Strecker degradation, and lipid oxidation, which are formed in variou...
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PMID: 34681479
DOI: 10.3390/foods10102432
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2021
gc ms
<i>Caralluma europaea</i> (Guss.) N.E.Br.: (<i>C. europaea</i>) is a wild medicinal plant belonging to the family Apocynaceae. It is commonly used in traditional medicines for trea...
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2021
pharmacology
The review focuses on sulfated steroids that have been isolated from seaweeds, marine sponges, soft corals, ascidians, starfish, and other marine invertebrates. Sulfur-containing s...
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PMID: 33923288
DOI: 10.3390/md19050240
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2021
pharmacology
Most literature data indicate that the diet rich in plant products reduces the risk of developing chronic non-communicable diseases and cancer. <i>Brassica</i> vegetables are almos...
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2021
pharmacology
Isothiocyanates (ITCs) are well-known chemopreventive agents that have received significant interest across the nutrition and pharmaceutical industries owing to their anticancer pr...
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2021
other
Plants heavily rely on chemical defense systems against a variety of stressors. The glucosinolates in the <i>Brassicaceae</i> and some allies are the core molecules of one of the m...
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PMID: 34356918
DOI: 10.3390/jof7070539
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2021
gc ms
In the present study, essential oil (EO) content and phytochemical variation were evaluated in the fruits of 10 Iranian <i>Capparis spinosa</i> accessions. The accessions were coll...
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2021
aeda
As an essential flavor condiment in Sichuan cuisine, Pixian Douban (PXDB) is usually produced by open fermentation process in strip pools or ceramic vats. In this study, an experim...
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PMID: 34136154
DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.2242
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2021
'Elsevier BV'
gc ms
It is known that garlic bulbs preserved with traditional methods undergo considerable losses, ranging from 25 to 40%. A frequent cause of these losses is associated with the develo...
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2021
Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)
pharmacology
In recent years, the phenomenon of antibiotic resistance in hospitals, communities and the environment has increasingly grown, so antibiotic resistance has become an urgent problem...
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2021
Journal of dairy science
other
The experiment was conducted to understand ruminal effects of diet modification during moderate milk fat depression (MFD) and ruminal effects of 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)-butanoic a...
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2021
'HACCP Consulting'
pharmacology
Pseudocydonia sinensis (Thouin) C. K. Schneid. less known plant species in the Ukraine conditions, but the fruits were widely used in traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment...
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2021
other
Light exposure of white wine can cause a light-struck taste (LST), a fault induced by riboflavin (RF) and methionine (Met) leading to the formation of volatile sulfur compounds (VS...
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2021
gc ms
Considering the advent of antibiotic resistance, the study of bacterial metabolic behavior stimulated by novel antimicrobial agents becomes a relevant tool to elucidate involved ad...
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PMID: 33946710
DOI: 10.3390/ijms22094696
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2021
gc ms
The purpose of this study was to look into the effects of green coconut mesocarp juice extract (CMJE) on diabetes-related problems in streptozotocin- (STZ-) induced type 2 diabetes...
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PMID: 34367469
DOI: 10.1155/2021/9711176
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2021
aroma analysis
Due to the extensive application of antibiotics in medical and farming practices, the continued diversification and development of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has attracted seri...
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2021
aeda
Fruity notes are important to the flavor of Baijiu (Chinese Liquor) and are considered to originate from ester compounds; however, little is known about the other chemicals that co...
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2021
aroma analysis
4-Mercapto-4-methyl-2-pentanone (4MMP), a high-impact aroma compound with the box tree and black currant flavors was first identified in wines and could be released by microbial cy...
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2021
other
Classic acetyl thioester protection/deprotection methodologies are widely used in organic synthesis, but deprotection step usually requires harsh conditions not suitable for labile...
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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.