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
Propolis is a complex mixture of natural sticky and resinous components produced by honeybees from living plant exudates. Globally, research has been dedicated to studying the biol...
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PMID: 31940981
DOI: 10.3390/antiox9010070
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2020
BMC microbiology
pharmacology
BACKGROUND: Bacillus cereus is a foodborne pathogen commonly found in nature and food and can cause food spoilage and health issues. Although the prevalence of B. cereus in foods h...
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2020
gc ms
Abstract The conditions used to generate wood smoke for the purpose of smoking food greatly affect the flavor character of the resulting food. The relationships between wood type a...
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2020
other
(1) Background: Extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) is responsible for a large part of many health benefits associated to Mediterranean diet as it is a fundamental ingredient of this die...
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PMID: 32731481
DOI: 10.3390/foods9081014
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2020
aeda
<h4>Objectives</h4>Raspberry ketone (RK) is the primary aroma compound in red raspberries and a dietary supplement for weight loss. This work aims to 1) compare RK bioavailability...
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2020
other
Various changes occur in red wine during aging in oak barrels. Among these, the variation of the polyphenolic fraction and the transfer of aromatic compounds to the wine from oak w...
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2020
'MDPI AG'
gc ms
Passiflora maliformis is an introduced plant in Australia but its flowers are known to attract the native Jarvis’s fruit fly, Bactrocera jarvisi (Tryon). The present study id...
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2020
aroma analysis
To investigate the effects of crude <i>β</i>-glucosidases from <i>Issatchenkia terricola</i> SLY-4 (SLY-4E), <i>Pichia kudriavzevii</i> F2-24 (F2-24E), and <i>Metschnikowia pulcher...
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2020
Frontiers in microbiology
other
Fungal volatile organic compounds (FVOCs) can act as intra- and inter-kingdom communication signals that influence the growth and behaviors of organisms involved in antagonistic or...
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2020
gc ms
Essential oils (EOs) have gained a renewed interest in many disciplines such as plant disease control and medicine. This review discusses the components of ginger EOs, their mode o...
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2020
aroma analysis
Strawberry is the most studied nonclimacteric fruit for understanding the role ethylene has in ripening regulation. However, previous studies on the effects of ethylene on strawber...
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2020
gc ms
Essential oils obtained via the hydrodistillation of two Asian herbs (<i>Houttuynia cordata</i> and <i>Persicaria odorata)</i> were analyzed by gas chromatography coupled to mass s...
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2020
SFA ScholarWorks
other
2,4-Di-tert-butylphenol or 2,4-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)-phenol (2,4-DTBP) is a common toxic secondary metabolite produced by various groups of organisms. The biosources and bioactivi...
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2020
gc ms
The citrus industry at present is severely affected by huanglongbing disease (HLB). HLB is caused by the supposed bacterial pathogen "<i>Candidatus</i> Liberibacter asiaticus" and...
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2020
gc ms
Hydrolates obtained via the hydrodistillation and steam distillation of <i>Lavandula</i><i>angustifolia</i> Mill., <i>Syzygium</i><i>aromaticum</i> L., <i>Foeniculum</i><i>vulgare<...
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2020
Journal of neurophysiology
other
Colloquially referred to as "taste," flavor is in reality a thoroughly multisensory experience. Yet, a mechanistic understanding of the multisensory computations underlying flavor...
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PMID: 33026958
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00506.2020
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2020
gc ms
Capsicum peppers (Capsicum spp.), especially C. annuum L., are one of the most important vegetables and spices in the world and their fruits are used in a range of food dishes, to...
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2020
aeda
By application of a comparative aroma extract dilution analysis on the volatile fractions isolated by solvent extraction and solvent-assisted flavor evaporation (SAFE) from fresh r...
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2020
other
Terpenoids play vital roles in tea aroma quality and plants defense performance determination, whereas the scenarios of genes to metabolites of terpenes pathway remain uninvestigat...
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PMID: 31963919
DOI: 10.3390/ijms21020655
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2020
gc ms
Using antibiotics as feed additives have been successively banned worldwide from 1986; therefore, it is an urgent task to finding safe and effective alternatives. As natural produc...
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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.