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
other
One barrier to predicting biogenic secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation in a changing climate can be attributed to the complex nature of plant volatile emissions. Plant volati...
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2019
gc ms
Frankincense, the oleogum resin from members of <i>Boswellia</i>, has been used as medicine and incense for thousands of years, and essential oils derived from frankincense are imp...
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PMID: 31337133
DOI: 10.3390/plants8070223
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2019
gc ms
Grape brandy, known as 'Lozovača', is one of the most produced alcoholic beverages in the Republic of Serbia. Muscat cultivars are highly priced in grape brandy manufacturing. Amon...
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2019
gc ms
Black pepper (<i>Piper nigrum</i>) is historically one of the most important spices and herbal medicines, and is now cultivated in tropical regions worldwide. The essential oil of...
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2019
gc ms
This article contains data obtained by following the evolution of minor volatile compounds throughout 32 weeks of 100% Agave Silver tequila maturation in new French oak barrels und...
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2019
gc ms
The aim of the present study was to characterize <i>Lavandula stoechas</i> (Ladastacho) from the region of Saidona by means of physico-chemical parameters, phenolic profile, in vit...
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PMID: 30925770
DOI: 10.3390/antiox8040080
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2019
Environmental entomology
aroma analysis
For insects, odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) play an essential role in binding and transporting semiochemicals through the sensillum lymph to olfactory receptor neurons within the...
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2019
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
gc ms
Sciadopitys verticillata (Sv) produces a white, sticky, latex-like resin with antimicrobial properties. The aims of this research were to evaluate the effects of this resin (Sv res...
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2019
gc ms
The results of the study of the composition of volatile compounds of rennet cheeses are presented. Sample preparation was performed using Supelco’s solid-phase microextractor, incl...
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2019
gc ms
A natural resin retrieved from <i>Pistacia terebinthus</i> tree was evaluated as an immobilization carrier of <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i> AXAZ-1 cells targeting successive ferm...
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PMID: 30999587
DOI: 10.3390/foods8040127
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2019
Microbiological research
other
Endophytic fungi belonging to Muscodor genus are considered as promising alternatives to be used in biological control due to the production of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). T...
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2019
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
gc ms
Matricaria chamomilla L. is a popular medicinal herb that is used for healing various diseases and is widely distributed worldwide in temperate climate zones, and even in the subtr...
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2019
Journal of ethnopharmacology
gc ms
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Bougainvillea glabra is widely used in Nigeria for the treatment of inflammatory-related conditions, and as remedy for pain ailments. AIM OF THE STU...
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2019
Plants (Basel, Switzerland)
gc ms
Ginger and turmeric are two food ingredients that are in high demand due to their flavor and positive effects on health. The biological properties of these spices are closely relat...
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PMID: 30857365
DOI: 10.3390/plants8030059
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2019
'MDPI AG'
other
A field experiment was performed on spearmint (Mentha spicata L.) under different irrigation
regimes in a hilly area of Southern Italy. Objectives of the study include evaluating...
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2019
'MDPI AG'
other
Finger citron (Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis) is a popular ornamental tree and an important source of essential oils rich in terpenoids, but the mechanisms behind volatile forma...
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2019
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
aeda
Solid-phase microextraction (SPME), purge and trap (P&T), stir bar sportive extraction (SBSE), and dynamic headspace sampling (DHS) were applied to extract, separate and analyze th...
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2019
Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
gc ms
Curcuma species have been cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions in Asia, Australia, and South America for culinary as well as medicinal applications. The biological activi...
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PMID: 30717336
DOI: 10.3390/foods8020053
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2019
other
The mountain pine beetle (MPB; Dendroctonus ponderosae) is a forest insect pest that attacks several different pine (Pinus) species in its native range of distribution in western N...
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2019
other
One of the major problems in the juice industry is the loss of the fruit aroma during the thermal concentration techniques. During this process, the water evaporation, which carrie...
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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.