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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Preprint · Zenodo · CC BY 4.0
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.
2018
gc ms
The phthalate ester compounds in industrial wastewater, as kinds of environmental toxic organic pollutants, may interfere with the body's endocrine system, resulting in great harm...
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PMID: 29765674
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.172196
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2018
Journal of the science of food and agriculture
aroma analysis
Aroma significantly contributes to flavor, which directly affects the commercial quality of strawberries. The strawberry aroma is complex as many kinds of volatile compounds are fo...
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2018
other
The identification of the volatile components of the resin from Tetraclinis articulata (Vahl.) Masters and its non-polar fractions 1–5 obtained by chromatographic simplification wa...
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2018
Molecules
other
The essential oils extracted from the peels of two Tuscany Citrus of the Massa province have been characterised. Moreover, the flavedo of these species has been used in the product...
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2018
Parasitology research
other
The aim of this study was to evaluate the antiprotozoal activity of essential oils from Varronia curassavica accessions against different stages of Ichthyophthirius multifiliis. Es...
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2018
other
<i>Oplopanax horridus</i>, well-known as Devil's club, is probably the most important ethnobotanical to most indigenous people living in the Pacific Northwest of North America. Com...
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PMID: 30302120
DOI: 10.1155/2018/9186926
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2018
gc ms
<h4>Background</h4>Cancers and microbial infections are still a major health problem, therefore research on new anticancer and antimicrobial agents ought to be continued. Natural p...
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2018
gc ms
Birch buds (Gemmae Betulae) are widely used in Russian and Chinese traditional medicine mainly as a diuretic and diaphoretic agent but also as an antiseptic, anti-inflammatory and...
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2018
other
Bioactive properties of solvent extracts of <i>Tasmannia lanceolata</i>, <i>Backhousia citriodora</i> and <i>Syzygium anisatum</i> investigated. The antimicrobial activities evalua...
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PMID: 30380618
DOI: 10.3390/foods7110179
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2018
other
<i>Pelargonium</i> genus contains about 280 species among which at least 30 species are odorant. Aromas produced by scented species are remarkably diverse such as rose, mint, lemon...
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2018
gc ms
The essential oils (EOs) of <i>Anthemis melampodina</i> (Am) and <i>Anthemis scrobicularis</i> (As) (Asteraceae) were extracted from the aerial parts of the plants by hydrodistilla...
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2018
Journal of the science of food and agriculture
gc ms
BACKGROUND: Eryngium maritimum L., also known as 'sea holly', is a typical dune plant species belonging to the Apiaceae family and commonly used in Tunisia for therapeutic purposes...
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2018
aroma analysis
Plants and microorganisms (microbes) use information from chemicals such as volatile compounds to understand their environments. Proficiency in sensing and responding to these info...
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2018
gc ms
Six samples of red thyme (Thymus zygis) and two samples of winter thyme (Thymus hyemalis) essential oils (EOs) were obtained from plants cultivated in south-eastern Spain and extra...
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2018
aroma analysis
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released from Chamaecyparis formosensis, Cryptomeria japonica, Cunninghamia lanceolata, Chamaecyparis obtusa var. formosana, and Taiwania cryptome...
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2018
gc ms
<h4>Background</h4>Infections of sheep with gastrointestinal parasites, especially Haemonchus contortus, have caused serious losses in livestock production, particularly after the...
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2018
Chemistry & biodiversity
gc ms
This article reports the chemical composition of the essential oils obtained by hydrodistillation of male and female H. scabrum fresh leaves. The essential oils, HSMO and HSFO, res...
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2018
Jurnal Agritech
gc ms
The objective of the research was to identify volatile flavor compounds and odor description of tempeh wrapped with banana leaf and plastic fermented at different times. The resear...
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2018
gc ms
The essential oils and lipid fraction extracted from the aerial parts of <i>Bupleurum scorzonerifolium</i> were determined by a GC-MS method. In total, up to 67 components were ide...
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2018
Fungal genetics and biology : FG & B
other
Mushrooms, such as Schizophyllum commune, have a specific odor. Whether this is linked to mating, prerequisite for mushroom formation, or also found in monokaryotic, unmated strain...
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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.