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
VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
gc ms
The headspace aroma volatiles of Chardonnay wines from 6 consecutive· vintages were analysed by capillary gas chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, some 150 comp...
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2016
gc ms
Muscadine grape (<i>Vitis rotundifolia</i>) is a popular fruit in the Southeastern United States because of its unique aroma and strong antioxidant capacity. Volatile compounds of...
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2016
Journal of proteome research
aroma analysis
Ripening in nonclimacteric fruits such as grape involves complex chemical changes that have a profound influence on the accumulation of flavor and aroma compounds distinct to a par...
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2016
pharmacology
Biogenic amines (BAs) are molecules, which can be present in foods and, due to their toxicity, can cause adverse effects on the consumers. BAs are generally produced by microbial d...
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2016
The Journal of nutritional biochemistry
other
This study evaluated the capacity of mulberry anthocyanin extract (MAE) on insulin resistance amelioration in HepG2 cells induced by high glucose and palmitic acid and diabetes-rel...
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2016
International Dairy Journal
aroma analysis
Cheddar cheese was made using control culture (Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis), or with control culture plus a galactose-metabolising (Gal+) or galactose-non-metabolising (Gal-)...
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2016
other
Aroma and flavor are important factors of fruit quality and consumer preference. The specific pattern of aroma is generated during ripening by the accumulation of volatiles compoun...
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2016
Marine drugs
other
Economic exploitation is one means to offset the cost of controlling invasive species, such as the introduced Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas Thunberg) on the French Atlantic coa...
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PMID: 27231919
DOI: 10.3390/md14060104
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2016
Journal of food science
aroma analysis
The autolyzed mycelia of Aspergillus oryzae are rich in proteins, nucleic acids, sugar, and other biomacromolecules, and are one of the main contributors to the flavor profile of c...
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2016
Food science and technology international = Ciencia y tecnologia de los alimentos internacional
sensory panel
The effect of dairy powders (skim milk powder, butter milk powder, sodium caseinate, yoghurt powder, milk powder and colostrum powder) on cookie quality was studied. Cookies were t...
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2016
'African Journals Online (AJOL)'
other
This study was conducted to investigate compositional changes and antioxidant capacities of pomegranate fruit (‘Bhagwa’ and ‘Ruby’) at five distinct stages of maturity over two gro...
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2016
Fitoterapia
gc ms
The determination of mastic oil profile, with emphasis on its chiral characteristics, could serve as a method for detecting adulteration in products found in the market with a clai...
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2016
Acta biologica Hungarica
sensory panel
The anti-listerial effect of marjoram, thyme essential oils (EOs) and thymol on Listeria monocytogenes inoculated chicken breast fillets was investigated. Before inoculation the fi...
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2016
International journal of food sciences and nutrition
sensory panel
Bakery products are highly consumed by children and adults and as cereal-derived foods are considered a fundamental part of a balanced diet, but they are usually high in sugar and...
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2016
Frontiers in Plant Science
aroma analysis
Hexanoic acid (Hx) is a short natural monocarboxylic acid present in some fruits and plants. Previous studies reported that soil drench application of this acid induces effective r...
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2016
Food additives & contaminants. Part A, Chemistry, analysis, control, exposure & risk assessment
gc ms
The analysis of pesticides in food products requires accurate measurements for which standardised protocols have been developed. This paper reports the validation of QuEChERS (quic...
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2016
pharmacology
Hundreds of fruit-bearing trees are native to Southeast Asia, but many of them are considered as indigenous or underutilized. These species can be categorized as indigenous tropica...
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PMID: 27340420
DOI: 10.1155/2016/7591951
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2016
sensory panel
Verdelho is a white-grape-vine, growing well in the Granite Belt region of Queensland. Despite its traditional use in Madeira wine production, there is scant literature on the flav...
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2016
pharmacology
The recent era is witnessing evaluation of medicinal and nutritional value of fruits and fruit juices for the management and prevention of brain diseases like headache stress, anxi...
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PMID: 26966612
DOI: 10.1155/2016/3109254
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2016
South African Journal of Enology and Viticulture
aroma analysis
Some amino acids are known to be precursors of aroma-active compounds produced by yeast metabolism. Thisstudy examined the effect of the addition of L-isoleucine and L-phenylalanin...
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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.