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
other
The metal-free activation of C(sp<sup>3</sup> )-H bonds to value-added products is of paramount importance in organic synthesis. We report the use of the commercially available org...
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2021
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Anopheles mosquitoes are the sole vectors of malaria. Although adult females are directly responsible for disease transmission and accordingly have been extensively studied, the su...
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2021
gc ms
Olfactory communication is an important mediator of social interactions in mammals, thought to provide information about an individual's identity and current social, reproductive,...
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2021
gc ms
Phenols are regarded as highly toxic chemicals. Their effects are difficult to study in in vitro systems because of their ambiguous fate (degradation, auto-oxidation and volatility...
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2021
gc ms
Although SARS-CoV-2 can invade the intestine, though its effect on digestion and absorption is not fully understood. In the present study, 56 COVID-19 patients and 47 age- and sex-...
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2021
gc ms
This study describes the minerals elements, chemical composition, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of Algerian <i>Melissa officinalis</i> plant. The essential oil (EO) was...
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2021
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This study aims to examine the effect of the non-<i>Saccharomyces</i> yeast <i>Saccharomycopsis fibuligera</i> on the sensory quality and flavour characteristics of a sweet rice al...
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2021
gc ms
The present study provides new data concerning the chemical characterisation of <i>Physcia mediterranea</i> Nimis, a rare Mediterranean species belonging to the family Physciaceae....
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2021
gc ms
Carob powder is increasingly valued as a substitute for cocoa and as a flavor-enhancing component of processed foods. However, little is known about the impact of preharvest factor...
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2021
gc ms
Few studies have linked sensory descriptions of the aroma profiles of fresh, sweet basil varieties with their volatile chemistry. Using a recently developed lexicon for fresh basil...
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2021
pharmacology
Foodborne diseases (FBD) are a great problem worldwide, leading millions of people to seek medical help and to significant economic losses for industry. Among the agents implicated...
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PMID: 33669618
DOI: 10.3390/foods10020455
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2021
pharmacology
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) was the primary source of medical treatment for the people inhabiting East Asia for thousands of years. These ancient practices have incorporated...
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2021
Agriculture
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In this study, a complete physical–chemical analysis was performed for Fetească neagră wine, aged with oak staves. Red wine samples were taken from grape varieties grown in Northea...
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2021
gc ms
The volatile components of areca nuts were isolated by headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME, DVB/CAR/PDMS fiber extraction) and simultaneous hydrodistillation-extraction...
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2021
gc ms
Mahlab cherry (<i>Prunus mahaleb</i> L.) is a plant native to the Mediterranean basin and Eastern Europe, with several health benefits and culinary uses. We explored the compositio...
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PMID: 33808142
DOI: 10.3390/foods10040728
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2021
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Soybean oil deodorizer distillate (SODD) is well recognized as a good source of both biodiesel and high-value bioactive compounds of tocopherols, squalene, and phytosterols. To ach...
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2021
gc ms
Pheromones are biologically important in fruit fly mating systems, and also have potential applications as attractants or mating disrupters for pest management. <i>Bactrocera kraus...
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2021
gc ms
<h4>Background</h4>Flowers which imitate insect oviposition sites probably represent the most widespread form of floral mimicry, exhibit the most diverse floral signals and are vis...
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PMID: 33758905
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcab044
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2021
gc ms
<i>Vitis vinifera</i> L. cv. Moscato includes different varieties mainly used to produce sweet wines, such as fortified wines. Moscato grapes are characterized by a large number of...
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PMID: 34828829
DOI: 10.3390/foods10112549
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2021
gc ms
Houttuyniae Herba (HH) refers to the dried aerial part of <i>Houttuynia cordata</i> Thunb. (DHC) or the fresh whole grass of <i>Houttuynia cordata</i> Thunb. (FHC), where DHC are h...
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PMID: 34326877
DOI: 10.1155/2021/8324169
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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.