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
Journal of plant physiology
other
Silk tree, Albizia julibrissin Duraz, is an old ornamental plant and extensively cultivated in Asia. Previous works have discovered that the terpenoids were the dominating compound...
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2021
Pharmacological research
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Depression is a common global mental disorder that seriously harms human physical and mental health. With the development of society, the increase of pressure and the role of vario...
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2021
gc ms
The chemical composition and the qualitative and quantitative variability of the essential oils of three taxa belonging to the <i>Teucrium</i> genus were studied. The investigated...
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2021
other
Highlights • The limonene, β-myrcene and (E)-ocimene were the main volatile substances.• The content of volatile substances was closely related to the growth location.• The aroma o...
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2021
gc ms
<h4>Background</h4><i>Ibalia leucospoides</i> (Hymenoptera: Ibaliidae) is a larval parasitoid that has been widely introduced as a biological control agent for the invasive woodwas...
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PMID: 34760353
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.12266
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2021
gc ms
Light is a determining factor in the discoloration of plastics, and photodegradation processes can affect the molecular structures of both the polymer and colorants. Limited studie...
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PMID: 34301037
DOI: 10.3390/polym13142278
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2021
gc ms
Chemical communication plays a fundamental role in many aspects of an animal's life from assessing habitat quality to finding mating partners. Behavioural observations show that ch...
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2021
Metabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society
gc ms
INTRODUCTION: Since ancient times medicinal plants have been used as medicine in many parts of the world to promote human health and longevity. In recent years many novel secondary...
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2021
aeda
<i>Prunus mume</i> is a traditional ornamental plant, which owed a unique floral scent. However, the diversity of the floral scent in <i>P. mume</i> cultivars with different aroma...
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2021
gc ms
<i>Alpinia eremochlamys</i> K. Schum<i>, Etlingera flexuosa</i> A.D. Poulsen, and <i>Etlingera acanthoides</i> A.D. Poulsen are endemic Zingiberaceae plants from Central Sulawesi,...
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2021
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Aromatic carotenoid-derived hydrocarbon biomarkers are ubiquitous in ancient sediments and oils and are typically attributed to anoxygenic phototrophic green sulfur bacteria (GSB)...
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2021
other
Management of waste from carbon fibre composites has become a significant societal issue as the application of composite grows across many industries. In this study, carbon fibres...
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PMID: 33920308
DOI: 10.3390/polym13081231
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2021
gc ms
<i>Anthurium</i> is an important ornamental crop in the world market and its floral scent can enhance its ornamental value. To date, studies of the components and formation mechani...
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2021
gc ms
Citrus fruits exhibit a high level of different phytoconstituents, of which the changes in the different parts of the fruit during ripening have not been thoroughly studied yet. Th...
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2021
gc ms
<h4>Background</h4>Caoguo (<i>Tsaoko Fructus</i>), a traditional Chinese medicine, is widely used as medicine and dietary spices. Volatile components are among its important bioact...
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PMID: 34532384
DOI: 10.21037/atm-21-3245
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2021
gc ms
<h4>Background</h4><i>Nigella sativa</i> L. (<i>NS</i>) is an aromatic and medicinal plant commonly used in Mediterranean cuisine. Its grains contain a large amount of fixed oil an...
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PMID: 34725555
DOI: 10.1155/2021/8308050
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2021
gc ms
The dichloromethane extraction was applied to extracted volatile compounds of the six developmental stages of caps and stipes of an <i>Amanita rubescens</i> mushroom and the relati...
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PMID: 34436150
DOI: 10.3390/jof7080611
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2021
sensory panel
In Portugal, maize has been used for centuries to produce an ethnic bread called <i>broa</i>, employing traditional maize varieties, which are preferred by the consumers in detrime...
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PMID: 34680029
DOI: 10.3390/biom11101396
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2021
aroma analysis
Interest in plant-based meat alternatives (PMBAs) has been rapidly growing in both the food research community and the food industry due to higher consumer demands in recent years....
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2021
gc ms
The mutton flavor is affected by cooking water significantly, and the flavor of mutton is delicious and widely loved by consumers through an extremely simple processing in northwes...
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PMID: 34760236
DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.2546
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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.