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.
2020
Bioresource technology
gc ms
Solid waste residues from the extraction of essential oils are projected to increase and need to be treated appropriately. Valorization of waste via pyrolysis can generate value-ad...
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2020
Environmental entomology
gc ms
The weevil Metamasius spinolae (Gyllenhal) is the most important insect pest of cultivated prickly pear in Mexico. A previous work reported that the pheromone of this weevil specie...
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2020
gc ms
Psychiatric disorders including depression and anxiety comprise a broad range of conditions with different symptoms. We have developed a mouse model of depression/anxiety in mice d...
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2020
Metabolites
other
San Marzano (SM) is a traditional Italian landrace characterized by red elongated fruits,
originating in the province of Naples (Italy) and cultivated worldwide. Three mutations,...
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2020
Drug metabolism and disposition: the biological fate of chemicals
other
Information is scarce regarding pharmacokinetic-based herb-drug interactions (HDI) with trans-cinnamaldehyde (CA) and 2-methoxycinnamaldehyde (MCA), components of cinnamon. Given t...
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2020
Applied and environmental microbiology
other
Plant-derived aldehydes are constituents of essential oils that possess broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity and kill microorganisms without promoting resistance. In our previous...
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PMID: 31811038
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02482-19
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2020
Current biology : CB
gc ms
Among rodents, information about the external world is mainly acquired via the olfactory system, which is one of five sensory modalities. Several semiochemical signals are used for...
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2020
Food science and biotechnology
other
Many factors determine the resistance properties of a Bacillus spore to heat, chemical and physical processing, including thick proteinaceous coats, peptidoglycan cortex and low wa...
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2020
Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie
other
Intestinal mucositis causes great suffering to cancer patients who undergo chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Owing to the uncertain side effects of anticancer drugs to attenuate patie...
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2020
International immunopharmacology
other
Patchouli alcohol (PA), a tricyclic sesquiterpene, is a dominant bioactive component in oil extracted from the aerial parts of Pogostemon cablin (patchouli). Diverse beneficial act...
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2020
other
Turpentine is a mixture of monoterpene hydrocarbons obtained as a by-product in the paper industry. In this contribution we present its transformation process towards an alcohol na...
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2020
Environmental science and pollution research international
other
The search for renewable fuels or components which may improve or replace fossil fuels is an important step towards a sustainable future. In particular, the pine oleoresin produced...
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2020
other
Table olives are a pickled food product obtained by a partial/total debittering and subsequent fermentation of drupes. Their peculiar sensory properties have led to a their widespr...
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2020
Journal of nutritional science
other
Table olives, a product of olive tree (Olea europaea L.), is an important fermented product of the Mediterranean Diet. Agronomical factors, particularly the cultivar, the ripening...
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PMID: 33354328
DOI: 10.1017/jns.2020.50
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2020
Journal of chemical ecology
gc ms
Herbivorous insects employ host plant volatile blends as cue for host recognition. Adults of Aulacophora foveicollis Lucas (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) feed on leaves, flowers, and...
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2020
Journal of animal science and technology
sensory panel
The aim of this study was to develop retorted samgyetang marinated with different levels of soy sauce and processed at different F0 (thermal death time at 121°C) values. The tested...
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2020
The Journal of toxicological sciences
other
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the sensitization potential of 82 compounds classified as volatile and/or semi-volatile organic compounds using the direct peptide reactiv...
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2020
Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
other
BACKGROUND: Smoking cannabis may potentially increase exposure to numerous toxic chemicals that are commonly associated with tobacco use. There is a paucity of data related to toxi...
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PMID: 31388679
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntz122
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2020
Huan jing ke xue= Huanjing kexue
other
In the urban area of Shanghai during the complex pollution episode, ozone and PM2.5 were continuously measured from May 1 to May 28, 2019. The characterization of volatile organic...
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2020
Scientific reports
other
The intensive application of agrochemicals in crops has negatively impacted the environment and other organisms. The use of naturally occurring compounds may be an alternative to m...
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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.