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.
2014
Food chemistry
other
Cyathane diterpenes are important bioactive substances produced by some edible and medicinal fungi. Seven new cyathane type diterpenes, named as cyathins J-P (1-7), together with t...
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2014
aroma analysis
Propolis is a sticky material collected by bees from plants, and used in the hive as building material and defensive substance. It has been popular as a remedy in Europe since anci...
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2014
PloS one
gc ms
The essential oils from four Eucalyptus species (E. spathulata, E. salubris, E. brockwayii and E. dundasii) have been previously confirmed to have stronger inhibitory effects on ge...
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2014
other
Vanillin is a popular and valuable flavour compound. It is the key constituent of the natural vanilla flavour obtained from cured vanilla pods. Here we show that a single hydratase...
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PMID: 24941968
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5037
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2014
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
other
Among the most important factors influencing beer quality is the presence of well-adjusted amounts of higher alcohols and esters. Thus, a heavy body of literature focuses on these...
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2014
gc ms
The quality of tea is presently evaluated by the sensory assessment of professional tea tasters, however, this approach is both inconsistent and inaccurate. A more standardized and...
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2014
Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca Food Science and Technology
gc ms
Apples produce volatile chemicals that are responsible for the characteristic flavour of the fruit, as well as for the attribute of the final flavour. The aroma induced by the vola...
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2014
other
We summarize field data on the species composition and seasonal phenology of the community of cerambycid beetles of east-central Illinois. Data were drawn from field bioassays cond...
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PMID: 24683267
DOI: 10.1603/an13067
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2014
other
Early detection of invasive aspergillosis is absolutely required for efficient therapy of this fungal infection. The identification of fungal volatiles in patient breath can be an...
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PMID: 24906414
DOI: 10.1128/ec.00074-14
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2014
gc ms
The Mediterranean fruit fly (or medfly), Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann; Diptera: Tephritidae), is a serious pest of agriculture worldwide, displaying a very wide larval host range...
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2014
Phytochemistry
other
Eight-carbon (C8) volatiles, such as 1-octen-3-ol, octan-3-one, and octan-3-ol, are ubiquitously found among fungi and bryophytes. In this study, it was found that the thalli of th...
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2014
PeerJ
other
Submitted 26 February 2014Accepted 6 May 2014Published 20 May 2014Corresponding authorKenji Matsui,[email protected] editorPeter SolomonAdditional Information andDec...
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2014
aroma analysis
Foeniculum vulgare Mill commonly called fennel has been used in traditional medicine for a wide range of ailments related to digestive, endocrine, reproductive, and respiratory sys...
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PMID: 25162032
DOI: 10.1155/2014/842674
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2014
FEMS microbiology letters
other
2-Butanol has been an issue of industries in many areas, for example, biofuel production (as an advanced alternate fuel), fermented beverages, and food (as taste-altering component...
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2014
Marine drugs
aeda
There is currently much interest in biological active compounds derived from natural resources, especially compounds that can efficiently act on molecular targets, which are involv...
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PMID: 24402174
DOI: 10.3390/md12010128
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2014
other
The direct coupling of allyl alcohols with nitroalkanes, nitriles, and aldehydes using catalytic Pd(PPh3)4 has been accomplished via activation of C-OH bonds with CO2. The in situ...
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PMID: 25089846
DOI: 10.1021/ol502023d
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2014
Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry
gc ms
There has been growing interest in exhaled breath analysis for cancer screening and disease monitoring; however, limited breath biomarker information exists regarding colorectal ca...
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2014
other
Torulaspora delbrueckii is a non-Saccharomyces yeast with interesting metabolic and physiological properties of potential use in oenology. This work examines the fermentative behav...
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2014
Journal of cosmetic science
other
The number of Level 3 hair color products that substitute 2-aminoethanol [monoethanolamine (MEA)] for ammonia is increasing. There is some anecdotal evidence that higher levels of...
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2014
gc ms
Purpose. The purpose of this study is to determine the antifungal and antioxidant activities of the essential oil from Angelica koreana. Methods. Essential oil was obtained from th...
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PMID: 25197308
DOI: 10.1155/2014/398503
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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.