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
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Ferula asafoetida belongs to the family Apiaceae. It is known by various names like Asafoetida, Devil’s drug, Ferula, Food of Gods, Incense of Devil, stinking gum, etc (Shah and Za...
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2020
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Abstract Apricots (Prunus armeniaca L.) are valuable resources for functional foods and nutraceuticals. Recently, apricot seed/kernel has become popular as a nonconventional source...
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2020
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Ital. J. Food Sci., vol. 32, 2020 - 450 PAPER COLD AND HOT SMOKED NILE TILAPIA FILLETS: QUALITY AND YIELD OF PIGMENTED AND UNPIGMENTED FILLETS M.L.R. SOUZA*1, E.M.M. VIE...
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2020
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ABSTRACT Star anise essential oil (SAO) is volatile oil extracted from star anise fruits (Illicium verum Hook. f) with a highly anise flavour and is widely used in food and pharmac...
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2020
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Star anise (Illicium verum Hook. f.) is commonly used as spice and flavor enhancer in food. Previous research revealed the presence of active compound which could inhibit bacterial...
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2020
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The Mediterranean fruit fly, <i>Ceratitis capitata</i> (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae) poses a major threat to fruit and vegetable production in the United States and throughout...
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PMID: 32354100
DOI: 10.3390/biom10050683
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2020
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Glandular trichomes (GTs) are defensive structures that produce and accumulate specialized metabolites and protect plants against herbivores, pathogens, and abiotic stress. GTs hav...
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2020
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Many of current bio-based materials are not fully or partly used for material utilization, as the composition of their raw materials and/or possible applications are unknown. This...
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PMID: 32041295
DOI: 10.3390/polym12020359
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2020
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There is no systematic report about propolis chemical biodiversity from the Adriatic Sea islands affecting its antioxidant capacity. Therefore, the samples from the islands Krk, Ra...
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PMID: 32326085
DOI: 10.3390/antiox9040337
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2020
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The aim of this work is to obtain better water resistance properties with additives to starch at the size press. A further goal is to replace petroleum-based additives with environ...
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2020
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Non-enzymatic browning reactions between lipid aldehydes and aminophospholipids might play an important role in the oxidative stability of cold-pressed vegetable oils. We, therefor...
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2020
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The frankincense resins, secreted from Boswellia species, are an uncommon example of a natural raw material where every class of terpenoids is present in similar proportions. Diter...
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2020
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In recent years, the market for minimally processed fruit has increased. Fresh-cut fruits are characterized by a short shelf life due to the processing phases that accelerate the r...
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2020
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Seaweeds have been used since ancient times as food, mainly by Asian countries, while in Western countries, their main application has been as gelling agents and colloids for the f...
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PMID: 32517092
DOI: 10.3390/md18060301
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2020
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Chiococca alba (L.) Hitchc. (snowberry), a member of the Rubiaceae, has been used as a folk remedy for a range of health issues including inflammation and rheumatism and produces a...
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2020
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In the present study, eight plant species belonging to Lamiaceae family were identified as ingredients for herbal teas in the region of Sharri Mountains: <i>Thymus serpyllum</i>, <...
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PMID: 32148465
DOI: 10.1155/2020/4182064
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2020
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Adverse effects caused by synthetic pesticides have increased interest in plant-derived insecticidal compounds, in particular essential oils, as a more compatible and ecofriendly a...
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2020
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Sundarbans Mangrove Ecosystem (SME) is a rich repository of bioactive natural compounds, with immense nutraceutical and therapeutic potential. Till date, the algal population of SM...
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2020
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In the study, antifungal and ochratoxin A (OTA) production inhibitory activities of essential oils (EOs) of <i>Cinnamomum zeylanicum</i>, <i>Curcuma longa</i>, <i>Ocimum basilicum<...
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2020
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<i>Ageratina pichinchensis</i> (Kunth) is a plant used in traditional Mexican medicine to treat multiple ailments. However, there have not been biotechnological studies on producin...
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PMID: 33096626
DOI: 10.3390/plants9101398
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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.