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.
2018
CPT: pharmacometrics & systems pharmacology
other
The consumption of asparagus is associated with the production of malodorous urine with considerable interindividual variability (IIV). To characterize the urinary odor kinetics af...
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PMID: 29239147
DOI: 10.1002/psp4.12264
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2018
gc ms
Luwak Coffee is considered high class coffee in the international market for its specialty taste. Aroma is one of the most important components of coffee. Coffee aroma compounds ar...
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2018
Food chemistry
gc ms
Despite numerous studies, the identity of the compounds that are responsible for 'stone fruit' aroma in wine has not been conclusively established. This study focussed on wine vari...
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2018
Journal of food and drug analysis
aeda
Volatile compounds in 'Sweetheart' lychee were examined using gas chromatography-olfactometry/mass spectrometry (GC-O/MS). Solvent assisted flavor evaporation (SAFE) technique was...
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2018
gc ms
The first article of a two-article series presents pervaporation (PV) of volatile aroma compounds from fruit juice hydrolates (plum, apple, blackcurrant and cherry). The purpose of...
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2018
Food chemistry
other
We developed an on-packaging colorimetric sensor label that can detect the aldehyde emission of apples based on Methyl Red. The sensor label was constructed using printable inks on...
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2018
gc ms
PTR-ToF-MS has been recently employed as a quick, easy and sensitive alternative to GC-MS for the analysis of volatile compounds in food. In the present work, PTR-ToF-MS was applie...
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2018
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry
other
Phenylpropenes such as eugenol, chavicol, estragole, and anethole contribute to the flavor and aroma of a number of important herbs and spices. They have been shown to function as...
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2018
Journal of food protection
other
In the present study, we evaluated the changes in quality that can occur during the distribution of nonheated anchovy ( Engraulis japonicus) fish sauce after packaging. The pH valu...
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2018
'Universidad de Valladolid'
gc ms
Inicialmente se desarrolló una metodología de extracción con disolvente y se comparó con la metodología SAFE. Posteriormente se hicieron estudios del tiempo máximo de congelación d...
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2018
Journal of medicinal food
gc ms
Seed oils from oleaginous plants are rich in fatty acids (FAs) that play important roles in the health of the consumers. Recent studies indicate that FA also can play an important...
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2018
Brain research
other
Olfaxin, which is a BNIP2 and Cdc42GAP homology (BCH) domain-containing protein, is predominantly expressed in mitral and tufted (M/T) cells in the olfactory bulb (OB). Olfaxin and...
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2018
Journal of the science of food and agriculture
gc ms
BACKGROUND: A simple and solvent-free method was developed for the authentication of commercial spices. The similarities between gas chromatographic fingerprints were measured usin...
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2018
Food additives & contaminants. Part A, Chemistry, analysis, control, exposure & risk assessment
other
Cooked ham is more prone to spoilage than other meat products, making preservation a key step in its commercialisation. One of the most promising preservation strategies is the use...
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2018
Mycopathologia
other
The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of essential oils obtained from Thymus vulgaris L., Origanum vulgare L., Origanum majerana L., Mentha × piperita L. and Allium ursin...
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2018
BMC plant biology
gc ms
BACKGROUND: Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is one of the most important forage resources in the world due to its high nutritive value. However, its nutritional quality decreases duri...
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2018
other
Lipid composition in the reproductive and somatic tissues were investigated for female albacore tuna, Thunnus alalunga, in the western Indian Ocean, between latitude 18-21°S and lo...
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2018
other
This study tested the gel properties, quality of Alaska pollock surimi subjected to different temperature treatments. Results showed that when the heating temperature is 110°C, the...
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PMID: 30510709
DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.763
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2018
Food chemistry
other
Adzuki bean seed coats contain a variety of pigments with potential bioactivity, including polyphenols, such as proanthocyanidin. To clarify the structure of the pigments from adzu...
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2018
Journal of Agricultural Science
gc ms
Modern consumers are much aware of potential health benefits of food and food ingredients. The food industry has been constrained to develop new products with improved sensory, nut...
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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.