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
Electronic cigarette liquids (e-liquids) with sweetener additives such as sucralose, a synthetic chlorinated disaccharide, are popular among some e-cigarette consumers; sucralose c...
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2019
gc ms
A non-targeted analysis workflow was applied to analyze exhaled breath samples collected from firefighters pre- and post-structural fire suppression. Breath samples from firefighte...
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2019
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part D, Genomics & proteomics
other
Spiroacetals are widespread in nature as components of volatile semiochemical secretions from many insect species. The general pathway for spiroacetal biosynthesis in Bactrocera sp...
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2019
Heliyon
pharmacology
The present work analyses the chromatographic profile of the peels from fruits of different citrus cultivated in Colombia: sweet orange (Citrus sinensis [L.] Osbeck var. Valencia),...
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2019
Universita degli studi di Salerno
pharmacology
2017 - 2018Main target of this PhD project was to define the metabolome of the main by-products, and in certain
cases of the edible parts, of selected agroalimentary productions,...
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2019
pharmacology
Citrus contains a range of highly beneficial bioactive compounds, such as polyphenols, carotenoids, and vitamins that show antimicrobial and antioxidant properties and help in buil...
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PMID: 31652773
DOI: 10.3390/foods8110523
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2019
Food & function
pharmacology
7,8-Dihydroxyflavone (7,8-DHF), as a high-affinity TrkB receptor agonist, has been extensively explored in many human disorders involving brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) s...
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2019
other
<i>Citrus</i> fruits are subjected to a diversity of postharvest diseases caused by various pathogens during picking, packing, storage and transportation. Green and blue molds, cau...
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PMID: 30678206
DOI: 10.3390/plants8020026
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2019
IUBMB life
other
The disappointing results from large clinical studies of α-tocopherol (αT), the major form of vitamin E in tissues, for prevention of chronic diseases including cancer have cast do...
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2019
gc ms
The discovery of medicinal plants is crucial for drug development. <i>Eucalyptus globulus</i> leaves are used as a traditional medicine in many areas of world due to herbicidal and...
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PMID: 31398935
DOI: 10.3390/ijms20163875
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2019
pharmacology
The dried seeds of Cuminum cyminum L. have been traditionally used as food and medicine. To explore its chemical composition and anti-inflammatory activity, four new compounds (1-4...
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2019
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
gc ms
Methanol is metabolized in the body to highly toxic formaldehyde and formate when consumed accidentally. Methanol has been typically analyzed with gas chromatography-flame ionizati...
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2019
other
The prevalence of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) is increasing at a rapid pace in developed countries, and CVDs are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Natural products a...
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2019
other
The main chemical constituents of agarwood are sesquiterpenes and chromones, which can be divided into different categories depending on their molecular skeletons. Agarwoods are ob...
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PMID: 35520206
DOI: 10.1039/c8ra09409h
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2019
gc ms
Hsian-tsao (Platostoma palustre Blume) is a traditional Taiwanese food. It is admired by many consumers, especially in summer, because of its aroma and taste. This study reports th...
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PMID: 31540084
DOI: 10.3390/foods8090415
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2019
'MDPI AG'
aeda
The fresh leaves of Coreopsis triloba S.F. Blake, collected at Cerro Villonaco in Loja, Ecuador, were investigated with respect to their essential oil (EO). The chemical compositio...
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2019
gc ms
Every year Chile exports about 2000 tons of boldo folium (<i>Peumus boldus</i>), which is used around the world as a traditional herbal medicinal product (THMP), mostly to relieve...
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2019
gc ms
Abstract Ocimum gratissimum, commonly known as Rama Tulsi is a rich source of aroma chemicals that find varied application in the food, flavor and pharmaceutical industry. A polyho...
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2019
Natural product research
gc ms
The essential oil composition of three spontaneous species growing in an abandoned mining of Elba island was analyzed by GC-MS. A total of 194 compounds were identified representin...
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2019
pharmacology
<i>Sparassis crispa</i> is a kind of edible fungus widely grows in the north temperate zone, which shows various medicinal properties. Due to the complexity of chemical constitutes...
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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.