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.
2016
Anaerobe
other
Alginate (Alg) has a long history as a food ingredient in East Asia. However, the human gut microbes responsible for the degradation of alginate and its derivatives have not been f...
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2016
other
Since 24 states and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana in some form, suppliers of legal marijuana have developed Cannabis sativa products for use in electronic cigar...
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2016
gc ms
This study was designed to compare the chemical compositions and effect of essential oils from the peels and seeds of sweet orange on cholinergic (acetylcholinesterase [AChE], buty...
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2016
Molecules
pharmacology
Presently the search for new drugs from natural resources is of growing interest to the
pharmaceutical industry. Natural products have been the source of new drugs since ancient t...
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2016
Dermatitis : contact, atopic, occupational, drug
other
Essential oils are widely used in the flavor, food, fragrance, and cosmetic industries in many applications. Contact allergy to them is well known and has been described for 80 ess...
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2016
other
The therapeutic potency of Citrus limon L (lemon) peel extract was investigated using reflux extraction, agar well diffusion and dilution methods. In the extraction result, ethanol...
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2016
aroma analysis
Abstract The aims of this paper is to identify and quantify the flavor compounds that exist in plants in order to valorification in the nutritional supplements and food industry. T...
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2016
Polymer Reviews
aroma analysis
Encapsulation of flavor and aroma compounds has been largely explored in order to meet appraisal demands from consumers by improving the impact of flavor during the consumption of...
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2016
other
Coriander ( Coriandrum sativum L. ), is an annual and Mediterranean region species whose oil is widely used in the food, health, cosmetics, soft drinks and chocolate industries in...
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2016
Pharmaceutical biology
gc ms
Context The underground edible tuber of Dioscorea alata L. (Dioscoreaceae) is a functional food with high nutritive value and therapeutic potential. The tuber is known to possess a...
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2016
pharmacology
This is the first report concerning the α-glucosidase, α-amylase and protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) inhibitory activities of cinnamon twig extracts. Comparing the antihype...
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2016
Beverages
other
Conventional tasting sheets are widely used to evaluate wine quality in wine tasting
competitions. However, the higher scores are mostly obtained by international commercial wines...
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2016
Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP
other
Aromatherapy is a Practical or Complementary Health Therapy that uses volatile concentrates extracted from plants called essential oils, in order to improve physical, mental and em...
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2016
Pharmacology
pharmacology
Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) is a widely used antioxidant for food preservation. 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases, isoforms 1 (HSD11B1) and 2 (HSD11B2) have been demonstrated to...
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2016
'Medip Academy'
gc ms
Background: Leaves and flowering parts of Ocimum basilicum are believed to be rich of different phytochemicals and are traditionally used as antispasmodic, aromatic, carminative, d...
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2016
KnE Life Sciences
gc ms
Indonesia has huge potency of herbs and spices, some of them are vetiver, lime leaves and Indonesian basil. They have contribution on foods, drinks and traditional treatments. To d...
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2016
Journal of neurophysiology
other
Most forms of suprathreshold sensory stimulation perturb sleep. In contrast, presentation of pure olfactory or mild trigeminal odorants does not lead to behavioral or physiological...
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PMID: 26888107
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01001.2015
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2016
Applied microbiology and biotechnology
aroma analysis
Due to their bioactive properties as well as their application as precursors in chemical synthesis, hydroxylated isoprenoids and norisoprenoids are very valuable compounds. The eff...
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2016
gc ms
Sandalwood essential oil (SEO) is extracted from Santalum trees. Although α-santalol, a main constituent of SEO, has been studied as a chemopreventive agent, the genotoxic activity...
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PMID: 27293457
DOI: 10.1155/2016/3696232
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2016
other
<h4>Background</h4>Essential oils (EOs) have been claimed to modulate mental functions though the most of data were obtained from subjective methods of assessment. Direct effects o...
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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.