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.
2017
pharmacology
During tumorigenesis, the high metabolic demand of cancer cells results in increased production of reactive oxygen species. To maintain oxidative homeostasis, tumor cells increase...
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PMID: 28967864
DOI: 10.7554/elife.28083
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2017
other
Aromatic plants are rich in essential oils with considerable antimicrobial properties. The aim of this study was to investigate chemical composition, antimicrobial activity and ant...
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PMID: 29085610
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2017
gc ms
Synthetic extreme environments like carwash effluent tanks and drains are potential sources of biotechnologically important microorganisms and molecules which have, however, remain...
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2017
gc ms
Bactrocera invadens Drew, Tsuruta & White, Bactrocera papayae Drew & Hancock, and Bactrocera philippinensis Drew & Hancock, key pest species within the Bactrocera dorsalis species...
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2017
gc ms
Fatty acid composition in plasma captures both dietary intake and endogenous synthesis. Prospective analyses of plasma fatty acid composition are needed to establish the role of mo...
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2017
other
<h4>Background</h4>The present study investigated the potential of methanolic extract of Dicranopteris linearis (MEDL) leaves to attenuate liver intoxication induced by acetaminoph...
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2017
gc ms
<h4>Objective</h4>To explore pancreatic lipase inhibitory activity under different extraction conditions in order to track the most potent extract.<h4>Methods</h4>The methanolic ex...
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2017
Journal of Chemistry
other
This study evaluated the chemical and volatile composition of hawthorn wines fermented with Saccharomyces cerevisiae A3.12 with and without pulp contact and pectase treatment durin...
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2017
gc ms
<h4>Background</h4>Jujube extract is commonly used as a food additive and flavoring. The unique jujube aroma and the mild sweet aroma of the extract are critical factors that deter...
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2017
Food Research International
aroma analysis
Canastra cheese is a cheese with geographical indication recognized by the Brazilian National Institute of Industrial
Protection under number IG201002. It is produced in seven mun...
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2017
other
Copper is widely used in agriculture as a traditional fungicide in organic farming to control downy mildew on grapes, consequently it is possible to find this metal during all stag...
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2017
gc ms
S-Adenosyl methionine (SAM)-dependent C-methyltransferases are responsible for the C2-methylation of 3-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein (ACP) intermediates to give the corresponding 2...
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PMID: 28430424
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b02911
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2017
other
This study investigates the effect of ageing on the qualitative and quantitative composition of plum distillate in contact with oak wood chips. Maturation was performed with lightl...
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2017
gc ms
<h4>Background</h4>This study aims to examine various solvent extracts of <i>Cyphomandra betacea</i> (tamarillo) also known as the tree tomato, for their bioactive constituents and...
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2017
aeda
Application of an aroma extract dilution analysis to the volatiles isolated from sweet, fruity, and slightly turpentine-like smelling Spondias mombin L. fruit pulp by solvent extra...
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2017
gc ms
Many <i>Heracleum</i> L. taxa (Apiaceae) are used as food and spices, and in traditional medicine. In this work, the chemical composition of <i>Heracleum pyrenaicum</i> subsp. <i>o...
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2017
gc ms
<i>Oncidium</i> is an important ornamental crop worldwide, and in recent years, the characteristics of the flower aroma have become a concern for breeders. This study used headspac...
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2017
gc ms
Breeding strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa) with enhanced fruit flavour is one of the top breeding goals of many strawberry-producing countries. Although several genes involved in th...
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2017
aeda
The contribution of individual compounds to the typical aroma of baby banana cv. Bocadillo fruit would be useful to assess aroma changes caused in the course of fruit processing. P...
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2017
gc ms
A composition of essential oils obtained from Heracleum mantegazzianum (Apiaceae) was examined using a GC-MS method. n-Octyl acetate (19.92%), n-hexyl-2-methylbutanoate (10.84%), n...
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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.