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
gc ms
Many species of the Asteraceae family are used in traditional Mexican medicine for possessing healing properties. Ageratina pichinchensis (Asteraceae) is a plant used for the treat...
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2020
gc ms
Plant cell and organ cultures of <i>Helianthella quinquenervis</i>, a medicinal plant whose roots are used by the Tarahumara Indians of Chihuahua, Mexico, to relieve several ailmen...
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2020
gc ms
<i>Agrimonia asiatica</i> is a perennial plant with deep green color and covered with soft hairs and has a slightly aromatic odor. This genus <i>Agrimonia</i> has been used in trad...
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PMID: 32292295
DOI: 10.1155/2020/7821310
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2020
gc ms
Geographic location and connected environmental and edaphic factors like temperature, rainfall, soil type, and composition influence the presence and the total content of specific...
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2020
pharmacology
Methicillin-resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> (MRSA) is a major cause of hospital- and community-acquired infections worldwide. Therefore, this study was conducted to explore...
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PMID: 32733740
DOI: 10.1155/2020/8239053
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2020
Molecules
other
An untargeted metabolomics strategy using hydrophilic interaction chromatography-mass spectrometry (HILIC-MS) was developed in this work enabling the study of the coffee roasting p...
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2020
other
In the present study sensitivity of a medicinal plant <i>Eclipta alba</i> L. (Hassk) (False daisy) was assessed under intermittent (IT) and continuous (CT) doses of elevated ultrav...
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2020
gc ms
This study is a pioneer in reporting the antibacterial properties of the species <i>Croton ceanothifolius</i> Baill. The genus <i>Croton</i> belongs to the family Euphorbiaceae com...
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2020
other
Thymus vulgaris besitzt eine hohe Vielfalt an Monoterpenen, die seinem ätherischen Öl eine antibakterielle und spasmolytische Wirkung verleihen und gilt damit als wichtiger Bestand...
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2020
gc ms
Mosquito-borne infectious diseases are a persistent problem in tropical regions of the world, including Southeast Asia. Vector control has relied principally on synthetic insectici...
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2020
gc ms
Essential oils have emerged as viable alternatives to synthetic insecticides for control of mosquito-borne pathogens. The leaf essential oils of eight species of <i>Premna</i> (Lam...
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PMID: 32878346
DOI: 10.3390/plants9091130
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2020
pharmacology
<i>Cyperus articulatus</i> L. is popularly known as priprioca. Its rhizomes are used as a medicine in the treatment of malaria in traditional medicine. Since priprioca oil is extra...
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2020
other
The biological activities of four aromatic plants, namely frankincense, myrrh, ginger, and turmeric, were reviewed in the current study. The volatile fraction (essential oil) as we...
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2020
other
<i>Petasites hybridus</i> (Common butterbur) is extensively used in traditional medicine, and is currently gaining interest and popularity as a food supplement and for its medicina...
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PMID: 32486467
DOI: 10.3390/plants9060700
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2020
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
other
This review is the sequel to the 2000 report on the recent advances in the chemistry of odorants and it summarizes the developments in fragrance chemistry over the past 20 years. F...
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2020
other
Goat weed (<i>Ageratum conyzoides</i> L.), or bandotan in Indonesia, is an herbaceous plant that broadly grows up in both subtropical as well as tropical areas. This herb contains...
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PMID: 33110668
DOI: 10.1155/2020/6420909
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2020
Journal of food biochemistry
pharmacology
Pneumonia refers to a death-causing infection. Astragali Radix (AR) and Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma (AMR) are widely used as traditional tonic and promising edible immunomod...
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2020
Chemistry & biodiversity
gc ms
The present study investigated the chemical composition, antioxidant, antimicrobial, and anti-inflammatory activities of essential oil (EO) derived from the wild rhizomes of Atract...
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2020
gc ms
Members of the genus <i>Cinnamomum</i> (Lauraceae) have aromatic volatiles in their leaves and bark and some species are commercially important herbs and spices. In this work, the...
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2020
other
Mosquitoes are important vectors of several diseases, and control of these insects is imperative for human health. Insecticides have proven useful in controlling mosquito populatio...
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PMID: 32331486
DOI: 10.3390/plants9040544
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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.