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.
2019
gc ms
Essential oils of Nepeta cataria var. citriodora, N. transcaucasica, N. melissifolia, N. sibirica and N. nuda were investigated. The yields of EO were from 0.78 (N. nuda) to 5.94 (...
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2019
aroma analysis
BACKGROUND
Aroma scalping is a very common problem and can affect the sensory quality of packaged food. To study the aroma scalping characteristics of polyethylene terephthalate la...
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2019
aeda
This work presents the attempt to enhance the flavor complexity of cider fermented by different non-Saccharomyces species. Pichia kluyveri and Hanseniaspora vineae pure cultures we...
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2019
aroma analysis
used traditional microbial starters revealed that effective fermentation requires three microbial strains with complementary metabolic activities: filamentous fungi (Rhizopus oryza...
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2019
pharmacology
In order to identify active constituents and to gain some information regarding their mode of action, extracts from leaves of <i>Epipremnum pinnatum</i> were tested for their abili...
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2019
gc ms
Guava is considered as poor man's apple rich in phytochemicals with medicinal value and hence it is highly consumed. Gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy (GC-MS) analysis of guava...
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2019
gc ms
Volatile terpenes represent the largest group of <i>Cannabis sativa</i> L. components and they are responsible for its aromatic properties. Even if many studies on <i>C. sativa</i>...
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2019
other
Neurotrophic factors promote the formation of spines and synapses in neuron development and maintenance. Synaptic connections enhance memory in the brain. In this study, the effect...
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2019
other
Despite widespread and persistent myths of a tongue map, all 5 prototypical taste qualities are sensed over the entire tongue. However, modern psychophysical data also suggest ther...
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PMID: 31541607
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjz064
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2019
Microorganisms
other
Mead is a traditional beverage that results from the alcoholic fermentation of diluted honey performed by yeasts. Although the process of mead production has been optimized in rece...
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2019
aeda
While a good mucoadhesive biopolymer must adhere to a mucus membrane, it must also have a good unloading ability. Here, we demonstrate that the biopolymer pullulan is partially dig...
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2019
other
To reduce animal testing, there is a need to develop novel in-vitro models for evaluating the retention of bioactive compounds in food and pharmaceutical products. Here, a mucus-mi...
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2019
gc ms
<i>Myristica fragrans</i> (f. Myristicaceae) seeds are better known as a spice, but their chemical compounds may have a pharmacological effect. The yield of their composition of ex...
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2019
gc ms
Their controlled release property is the most important feature of functional microcapsules and carriers. In this work, melamine resin shell fragrance microcapsules were fabricated...
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PMID: 30691209
DOI: 10.3390/ma12030393
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2019
gc ms
The relation between the particle size and release characteristics of aromatic microcapsules with a melamine resin shell in functional textile applications have been investigated....
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PMID: 35528675
DOI: 10.1039/c9ra05196a
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2019
gc ms
Pinecone is a traditional folk herb, which has been used in China for many years. In this paper, the essential oil from <i>Pinus koraiensis</i> pinecones (PEO) was obtained by hydr...
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2019
Frontiers in Neurology
other
Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is an enzyme involved in the progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Cardamom oil (CO) has been reported to have acetylcholinesterase inhibitory, antio...
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2019
aroma analysis
Data in this article presents aroma volatiles and fatty acids composition of mesocarp specific malady namely spongy tissue disorder in <i>Mangifera indica</i> cv. Alphonso. Quantit...
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2019
'IntechOpen'
other
There are many food-borne pathogens in the wild and they are considered the cause of serious public health problems in both developed and developing countries. The use of natural p...
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2019
other
This research considered the effects of microwave drying technique on drying behavior, color and some chemical components of dried splits lemon fruit. A laboratory scale microwave...
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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.