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
aroma analysis
The aim of the research was to increase the efficiency of the hydrodistillation process and determine the volatile composition, biological activity, and aroma profile of essential...
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2020
aroma analysis
The use of higher plants for the production of plant growth biostimulants is receiving increased attention among scientists, farmers, investors, consumers and regulators. The aim o...
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2020
Julius-Kühn-Institut
other
The seeds of the cacao tree Theobroma cacao L. are the key ingredient of chocolate (Codex Alimentarius, 1981). They have a unique and complex flavor profile. Up to 87 descriptors c...
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2020
'Frontiers Media SA'
other
Some secondary metabolites of fermentative bacteria are desired compounds for the food industry. Examples of these compounds are diacetyl and acetaldehyde, which are produced by sp...
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2020
gc ms
Saffron, stigmas of Crocus sativus, is one of the most precious spices used as food colorant and flavoring agent. Due to its scarce source and high cost, it is liable to fraudulent...
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2020
gc ms
Essential oils from the inflorescence of Cymbopogon schoenanthus and C. nervatus growing in Northern Sudan were examined for their chemical composition, antiproliferative activity...
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2020
aroma analysis
Abscisic acid (ABA) and auxin are important hormones controlling the ripening progression of grape berry, and both the initiation and duration of ripening can dramatically affect t...
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PMID: 32423087
DOI: 10.3390/plants9050630
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2020
other
Angelicae Pubescentis Radix (APR) is a widely used antirheumatic Chinese medicinal herb known as "Duhuo" in China. It has the effects of dispelling wind and removing dampness, diff...
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2020
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
sensory panel
As a traditional Chinese medicine, Angelica dahurica (Fisch. ex Hoffm.) Benth. et Hook. f. ex Franch. et Sav. cv. Hangbaizhi (Hangbaizhi) is not only used for the curative treatmen...
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2020
Journal of separation science
other
A combination of Angelicae Dahuricae Radix and Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma has been widely used as the herb pair in traditional Chinese medicine to treat stroke, migraine, and epilep...
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2020
other
The rare genus <i>Ducrosia</i> (Apiaceae family) consists of six species, which are mainly native to Asia, specifically to Iran and Iraq. The aerial parts of <i>D. anethifolia,</i>...
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PMID: 32752066
DOI: 10.3390/ph13080175
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2020
aeda
<h4>Background</h4>Extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) is an effective immunomodulatory therapy for various diseases. Autologous leukocytes are collected, photoactivated with a phot...
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2020
Mini reviews in medicinal chemistry
aeda
Coumarin belongs to a class of lactones that are fundamentally comprised of a benzene ring fused to an α-pyrone ring; these lactones are known as benzopyrones. Similarly, coumarin...
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2020
aeda
<b>:</b> <i>Citrus</i> spp. are among the most widespread plants cultivated worldwide and every year millions of tons of fruit, juices, or processed compounds are produced and cons...
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PMID: 32110931
DOI: 10.3390/plants9030288
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2020
other
The phytochemical profiling of hemp inflorescences of clonal plants growing in different conditions related to altitude was investigated. Four strains of industrial hemp (<i>Cannab...
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2020
Journal of the science of food and agriculture
pharmacology
BACKGROUND: Newhall navel orange (Citrus sinensis Osbeck cv. Newhall) is the major navel orange cultivar planted in China. Almost all Newhall navel orange peels produced in that co...
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2020
International journal of biological macromolecules
aeda
7,8-dihydroxyflavone (7,8-DHF), a tyrosine kinase B (TrkB) receptor agonist, can mimick physiological actions of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) to attenuate neurogenic di...
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2020
Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology
other
It is known that 7,8-dihydroxyflavone (7,8-DHF), a synthetic agonist specific for TrkB, promotes intestinal cholinergic contraction. However, after intestinal ischaemia-reperfusion...
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2020
pharmacology
Cancer is one of the most common causes of disease-related deaths worldwide. Despite the discovery of many chemotherapeutic drugs that inhibit uncontrolled cell division processes...
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2020
Luminescence : the journal of biological and chemical luminescence
other
Mercury (Hg) is a heavy metal with high toxicity and easy migration; it can be enriched through the food chain, and cause serious threats to the natural environment and human healt...
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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.