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
other
Ozonated water is being introduced as an alternative phytosanitary treatment to control grapevine diseases in a context in which the reduction of chemical pesticides has become an...
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PMID: 32024131
DOI: 10.3390/biom10020213
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2020
Biomolecules
gc ms
Volatile profile of spirits is the most important factor, because it can contribute to pleasant flavor. The aim of the study was to determine the impact of dessert apple cultivar u...
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PMID: 32503312
DOI: 10.3390/biom10060853
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2020
The Libyan journal of medicine
other
β-Citronellol is a monoterpene alcohol found in essential oils of various aromatic plant species. The physiological effects of β-citronellol inhalation on the central nervous syste...
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2020
other
Since ancient times, various herbs have been used in Asia, including Korea, China, and Japan, for wound healing and antiaging of the skin. In this study, we manufactured and chemic...
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2020
gc ms
The novelty of this study consists on the formulation and evaluation of five complex experimental natural photosensitizers (PS): gel with oregano essential oil (O), gel with methyl...
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PMID: 32640635
DOI: 10.3390/ma13133012
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2020
gc ms
Silicon (Si) supplementation is well-known for enhancing plant resistance to insect pests, however, only recently studies revealed that Si accumulation in the plant not only confer...
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2020
other
We describe the identification, synthesis, and field-testing of aggregation-sex pheromones, or likely pheromone candidates, of seven species of South American cerambycid beetles in...
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2020
gc ms
Numerous plant-derived volatile organic compounds (VOCs) induce the expression of resistance-related genes and thereby cause an "associational resistance" in neighbouring plants. H...
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2020
pharmacology
<i>In vitro</i> seed germination and protocorms formation were successfully established in traditionally used <i>Dendrobium longicornu</i>. Fresh protocorms (178.34 g - 183.90 g) w...
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2020
aeda
<h4>Background</h4>Probiotic strains are incorporated into food substrates to contribute to fermentation process. The technological suitability of such strains to improve the flavo...
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2020
other
This research provided a new way to improve the quality of tofu using lactic acid bacteria combined with salt coagulants. In this study, the effect of <i>Lactobacillus casei</i> (<...
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2020
Insect biochemistry and molecular biology
other
The Xenopus oocyte and the Human Embryonic Kidney (HEK) 293 cell expression systems are frequently used for functional characterization (deorphanization) of insect odorant receptor...
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2020
aroma analysis
Abstract The changes and relationships between the volatile compounds and fatty acids, and between volatile compounds and free amino acids were analyzed after they were handled by...
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PMID: 32180949
DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.1406
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2020
gc ms
<h4>Background</h4>Freshwater snails are the intermediate hosts of a large variety of trematode flukes such as Schistosoma mansoni responsible for one of the most important parasit...
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2020
gc ms
Mianning ham, a traditional Chinese dry-cured ham, is protected by national geographical indications. To understand the surface and internal flavor composition and microbial commun...
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2020
gc ms
The aim of this study was to investigate the differences in the volatile profile of meat from chickens fed with alternative protein diets (such as algae or insect) through two diff...
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PMID: 32899706
DOI: 10.3390/foods9091235
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2020
other
Taiwan produces large quantities of bananas in the southern area. Recently, due to the export quantity has been greatly reduced, in order to efficiently maintain the banana agricul...
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PMID: 32566180
DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.1539
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2020
aroma analysis
The employment of multi-species starter cultures has growing importance in modern winemaking for improving the complexity and wine attributes. The assessment of compatibility for s...
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2020
gc ms
The current study evaluated the key characters of aroma composition in diversified red wines (Cinsaut, Grenache, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Nielluccio, Tempr...
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2020
pharmacology
<i>Cassia alata</i> or locally known as Ketepeng Cina (Indonesia) and Gelenggang (Malaysia) has been used as a traditional medicine to treat various diseases, especially skin disea...
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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.