Peer-Reviewed Research Database
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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
other
The lipid fraction of milk is one of the most complex matrixes in foodstuffs due to the presence of a high number of moieties with different physical and chemical properties. Glyce...
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PMID: 27610267
DOI: 10.1155/2016/9827369
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2016
Fertility and sterility
other
Cosmetics contain a vast number of chemicals, most of which are not under the regulatory purview of the Food and Drug Administration. Only a few of these chemicals have been evalua...
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2016
'Universitat Politecnica de Valencia'
other
[EN] The quality of one wine depends of many factors, soil, clime, kind of grape, the elaboration and breeding. The oxygen plays an important role in the polyphenolic and aromatic...
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2016
Scientific reports
other
The transcription factor Keap1-Nrf2 system plays a key role in inflammation which is involved in depression. We found lower expression of Keap1 and Nrf2 proteins in the prefrontal...
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PMID: 27470577
DOI: 10.1038/srep30659
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2016
Critical reviews in food science and nutrition
pharmacology
Fish products contain various nutritionally beneficial components, namely, ω3-polyunsaturated fatty acids (ω3-PUFA), minerals, and vitamins. Particularly, tocopherols (α-, β-, γ-,...
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2016
Journal of oleo science
pharmacology
Herbs rich in bioactive phytochemicals were recognized to have biological activities and possess many health-promoting effects. In this work, cold-pressed thyme (Thymus vulgaris L....
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2016
other
Volatiles emitted by the host's food would be the first signals used by parasitoids in the host location process and are thought to play an important role in host habitat location....
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PMID: 26904680
DOI: 10.1155/2016/5460819
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2016
gc ms
Peganum harmala L., also known as Syrian rue or Pègano, is a herbaceous plant belonging to the Zygohpyllaceae family, and is widely used in traditional medicine. The chemical compo...
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2016
other
Interest in essential oils with pesticidal activity against insects and pests is growing. In this study, essential oils from different parts (leaves, twigs and seeds) of Cinnamomum...
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2016
Scientific reports
gc ms
Although the roles of volatile compounds have been examined separately in plant-herbivore or plant-pollinator interactions, few studies have focused on how plant scents can attract...
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PMID: 27278713
DOI: 10.1038/srep27616
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2016
aroma analysis
<h4>Objectives</h4><i>Mindium laevigatum</i> is an endemic plant of Iran and Turkey and is widely used as blood purifier, antiasthma and antidyspnea in traditional medicine. Chemic...
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2016
gc ms
The present paper reports a complete mass spectrometric characterization of both the phenolic and volatile fractions of a dried spearmint extract. Phenolic compounds were analysed...
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2016
gc ms
Carissa opaca is a shrub known for its variety of medicinal applications. This study reports isolation and identification of four chemical compounds from its roots for the first ti...
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2016
The Science of the total environment
other
The demand for biofuels increases due to concerns regarding greenhouse gas emissions and depletion of fossil oil reserves. Many substances identified as potential biofuels are solv...
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2016
Journal of chromatography. B, Analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences
other
Ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) is a common dietary adjunct that contributes to the taste and flavor of foods, and is also an important Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Diffe...
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2016
Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica
gc ms
A headspace-solid phase microextraction-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry method(HS-SPME-GC-MS) was adopted for the quantitative study of 4-allylanisole, methyl eugenol, 2,3,5-t...
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2016
Natural product communications
gc ms
Belschmiedia miersii (Gay) Kosterm. (Lauraceae) ("Belloto del Norte") is a little-studied tree endemic of the Central Zone of Chile. Hydrodistillation of leaves and stem bark of B....
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2016
'African Journals Online (AJOL)'
other
Myristica fragrans is known as “nutmeg”, its extracts and essential oil are important in drug development with numerous pharmacological activities in South Africa, India and other...
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2016
gc ms
In this work, the chemical composition, antimicrobial and cytotoxic activity of Heracleum verticillatum Pančić and H. ternatum Velen. root, leaf, and fruit essential oils were inve...
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2016
Chemosphere
other
This study reports for the first time the ability of laccases adsorbed on cellulose acetate to eliminate toxicants released during combustion processes. Laccases directly oxidized...
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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.