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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Preprint · Zenodo · CC BY 4.0
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
Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
other
BACKGROUND Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is one of the major causes of vision impairment. Z-ligustilide (3-butylidene-4,5-dihydrophthalide; Z-LIG) is an important volatile oil from the...
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PMID: 33011733
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.925087
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2020
pharmacology
The unprecedented use of antibiotics that led to development of resistance affect human health worldwide. Prescription of antibiotics imprudently and irrationally in different dise...
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2020
Journal of occupational health
gc ms
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to develop and validate a simple and reliable gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) method to simultaneously determine urinary 1-naphth...
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2020
Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
gc ms
Morpholine salts of fatty acids have been used in wax coatings on the surfaces of fruit and vegetable commodities in China and the United States, etc. However, morpholine usage was...
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PMID: 32516942
DOI: 10.3390/foods9060746
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2020
International journal of molecular sciences
other
Chemosensory perception in insects involves a broad set of chemosensory proteins (CSPs) that identify the bouquet of chemical compounds present in the external environment and regu...
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PMID: 32517283
DOI: 10.3390/ijms21114073
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2020
gc ms
Amomum nilgiricum is one of the plant species reported from Western Ghats of India, belonging to the family Zingiberaceae, with ethno-botanical values, and is well-known for their...
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2020
other
Angelicae Pubescentis Radix (AP), as a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), has been used for thousands of years in China. In this paper, the botany, traditional use, phytochemistry...
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PMID: 32831877
DOI: 10.1155/2020/7460781
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2020
Frontiers in plant science
other
Norisoprenoids are important aromatic volatiles contributing to the pleasant floral/fruity odor in grapes and wine. They are produced from carotenoids through the cleavage of carot...
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2020
other
The effect of basil leaf (BLE) and wheat bran (WBE) extracts (potent anti-browning agents), on the phenolic content, antioxidant potential, microbiological quality, and consumer qu...
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PMID: 32344615
DOI: 10.3390/antiox9040355
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2020
gc ms
<i>Salvia reuterana</i> Boiss. is an aromatic perennial plant traditionally used for its anxiolytic and sedative properties. In the present study, various fractions and essential o...
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2020
Journal of bioscience and bioengineering
other
Kokuto-shochu is a traditional Japanese spirit prepared from kokuto, a non-centrifugal brown cane sugar. When manufacturing kokuto, lime is added to the sugarcane juice to accelera...
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2020
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
aroma analysis
Pixian broad bean paste (PBP) is a traditional Chinese condiment, famous for its distinctive flavor. Microbial communities play a vital role in producing the unique flavor of PBP,...
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2020
Food science and biotechnology
gc ms
Nineteen samples of Arabica and 14 of Robusta coming from various plantation were analysed by dynamic headspace capillary gas chromatography-mass spectrometry to characterize the v...
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2020
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
gc ms
Curcuma longa L. is used as food supplement to prevent diseases, although limited studies have been performed on healthy subjects up to now. In the present work, an untargeted UPLC...
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2020
Heliyon
other
Curcumin, a secondary metabolite from the turmeric plant is one of the most promising natural products, which has been studied extensively for decades. It has demonstrated several...
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2020
Journal of AOAC International
other
A consensus industrial reference was necessary to be established for meeting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's current Good Manufacturing Practice Compliance for the manufact...
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2020
Chemistry & biodiversity
gc ms
Several plant essential oils have been used against diverse insect pests since, unlike conventional pesticides, they pose almost no risk to humans and the environment. For this rea...
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2020
FEMS yeast research
other
Heterologous expression of 6-methylsalicylic acid synthase (MSAS) together with 6-MSA decarboxylase enables de novo production of the platform chemical and antiseptic additive 3-me...
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2020
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters
pharmacology
Xanthorrhizol, isolated from the Indonesian Java turmeric Curcuma xanthorrhiza, displays broad-spectrum antibacterial activity. We report herein the evidence that mechanism of acti...
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2020
aeda
Sulfur dioxide (SO<sub>2</sub>) is widely the most used enological additive with reductive, antiseptic and dissolving properties. According to increasing health concerns and the gr...
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PMID: 32722317
DOI: 10.3390/foods9080996
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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.