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.
2026
gc ms
This study explores the anticancer and antioxidant potential of <i>Heliotropium indicum</i> L. through integrated phytochemical, biological, and computational approaches. GC-MS ana...
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PMID: 41647488
DOI: 10.1155/sci5/1079290
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2026
other
Vicinal difunctionalization of alkenes offers a powerful route to complex carbon architectures by installing two distinct groups. Herein, we describe a novel Lewis acid-thiazolium...
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PMID: 41767806
DOI: 10.1039/d5sc09978a
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2026
gc ms
Cinnamic acid and its derivatives are major phenylpropanoid constituents of <i>Styrax benzoin</i>. This research employed GC-MS profiling to characterise cinnamic acid-dominant che...
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2026
gc ms
Bovine mastitis is a major bioeconomic and animal health challenge in dairy systems and is traditionally managed with intensive antibiotic therapy, contributing to antimicrobial re...
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PMID: 41681426
DOI: 10.3390/ani16030445
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2026
gc ms
Terpenes constitute a vast and industrially important class of natural products. Yet, microbial production of many high-value terpenoids remains limited by the difficulty of ration...
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PMID: 41767825
DOI: 10.1039/d5cb00310e
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2026
Journal of food science
other
Water pepper (Persicaria hydropiper) is a globally distributed annual herb, used as a peppery food flavor in Asian countries. Ambiguous botanical identification, unvalidated chemic...
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2026
gc ms
<h4>Introduction</h4><i>Nardostachys jatamansi</i> DC. is a valued herb in traditional Chinese medicine, historically used to regulate qi flow, alleviate pain, and enhance digestiv...
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2026
gc ms
<h4>Introduction</h4>The antibacterial significance of the essential oil of <i>Solidago gigantea</i>, a North American native species invasive in Europe, remains poorly understood....
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2026
Fitoterapia
gc ms
Conventional treatments for allergic rhinitis (AR), such as oral medications and nasal sprays, can effectively alleviate symptoms but often cause side effects, including potential...
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2026
pharmacology
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has garnered considerable attention due to its multifaceted therapeutic potential, characterized by a broad spectrum of pharmacological activitie...
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PMID: 41640993
DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.71488
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2026
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In recent time, the use of medicinal plants in the management of human disease conditions has gained immense attention. The aim of the present review was to explore the phytochemic...
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2026
Polymers
other
In recent years, the unsustainable consumption of fossil resources has been causing major ecological concerns, especially for the production of polymeric materials. 2,5-furandicarb...
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PMID: 41599552
DOI: 10.3390/polym18020255
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2026
gc ms
Oral coinfections involving herpes simplex virus (HSV) and Candida albicans can potentially interact and exacerbate each other. Starting from bibliographical investigation, this st...
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PMID: 41531279
DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.70199
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2026
gc ms
The rise of multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens and the overharvesting of medicinal plants such as Prunus africana highlight the need for sustainable discovery platforms. In this s...
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2026
gc ms
The study first describes chemical profiles of essential oils from Vietnamese Senecio scandens Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don. From the gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis,...
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2026
other
1,8-cineole synthase from Streptomyces clavuligerus (bCinS) is the only known bacterial terpene synthase that shows exclusive activity towards the monoterpene substrate geranyl dip...
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PMID: 41157889
DOI: 10.1111/febs.70308
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2026
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Meliaceae species are known for producing diverse metabolites, yet the role of whole-genome duplication (WGD) in shaping this diversity remains unclear. In this study, we analyzed...
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2026
Environmental science & technology
other
Intermediate volatile organic compounds (IVOCs) contribute significantly to secondary organic aerosol (SOA) in the coastal atmosphere, yet their transformation processes under land...
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2026
other
Mycorrhizal fungi represent one of the oldest and most successful symbioses in plant evolution. Communication among mycorrhizal fungi and plants occurs prior to direct contact amon...
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2026
gc ms
<h4>Background</h4>Polyfunctional thiols are essential contributors to the aromatic profile of varietal white wines like Sauvignon Blanc. These compounds are released during fermen...
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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.