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.
From the CompKitchen team
Original research
Featured
Preprint · Zenodo · CC BY 4.0
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.
2023
gc ms
Elucidation of the relationship between fungal community development and dynamic changes in volatile components during fermentation is of great significance in controlling wine pro...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2023
Protoplasma
gc ms
The Mentha species of family Lamiaceae are famous for their flavor and are commercially used in many food products worldwide. They are widely used to cure digestive problems as wel...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2023
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
sensory panel
The aim of this paper was to compare the effects of two clarification methods, protease combined with heat treatment and bentonite, on the aroma quality of liqueur wines, and to id...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2023
aeda
Somaclonal variations in tissue cultures can be used in plant breeding programs. However, it is still unclear whether somaclonal variations and their original parent have differenc...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2023
Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
other
Plant-based milk is considered a healthy and environmentally sustainable option. However, due to the low protein content of most plant-based milk and the difficulty of gaining flav...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
PMID: 36832959
DOI: 10.3390/foods12040884
Full text on PMC
2023
Journal of ethnopharmacology
gc ms
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia Mill.) essential oil is renowned for its use in the treatment of insomnia and mental disorder diseases in folk medi...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2023
threshold study
Pomace as a side stream from black currant juice production is mostly discarded, even though it is rich in nutrients like protein, fiber, sugars, anthocyanins, polyphenols, and oth...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2023
Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM
gc ms
OBJECTIVE: Magnoliae officinalis cortex (MOC) is one of the most frequently used traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for the treatment of acute pancreatitis (AP). Magnolia volatile...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
PMID: 36798729
DOI: 10.1155/2023/3503888
Full text on PMC
2023
Advances in pharmacological and pharmaceutical sciences
gc ms
This study aims to identify the volatile profile of three essential oils obtained from Eucalyptus polybractea cryptonifera (EPEO), Ormenis mixta (OMEO), and Lavandula burnatii briq...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
PMID: 37645561
DOI: 10.1155/2023/5593350
Full text on PMC
2023
Food chemistry. Molecular sciences
aroma analysis
Linalool and its derivatives contribute greatly to tea aroma. Here, 8-hydroxylinalool was found to be one of the major linalool-derived aroma compounds in Camellia sinensis var. as...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2023
gc ms
Galli gigerii endothelium corneum (GGEC) is a traditional Chinese medicine commonly used in clinical practice to treat various conditions such as indigestion, vomiting, spermatorrh...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
PMID: 37583472
DOI: 10.1155/2023/2259280
Full text on PMC
2023
gc ms
An essential oil, distilled from the leaves of the Andean species <i>Gynoxys rugulosa</i> Muschl., is described in the present study for the first time. The chemical composition wa...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2023
sensory panel
There is a huge demand for brewing water in tea consumption, and the sensory flavor of tea infusion is significantly affected by the water used for brewing. To investigate the impa...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2023
aeda
In this study, aroma characteristics and odor-active compounds in Dornfelder wines from three main production regions of China were comprehensively investigated for the first time....
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2023
gc ms
<h4>Background</h4>Hops (Humulus lupulus L.) are a dioecious climbing perennial, with the dried mature "cones" (strobili) of the pistillate/female inflorescences being widely used...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2023
Biological Diversity and Conservation
gc ms
Nepeta species are widely used in folk medicine as a diaphoretic, diuretic, antiseptic, astringent, anti-asthmatic, cough suppressant, antispasmodic, antipyretic, sedative and stom...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2023
gc ms
Garlic (<i>Allium sativum</i> L.) is an aromatic herb known for its culinary and medicinal uses for centuries. Both unprocessed (white) and processed (black) garlic are known to pr...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
PMID: 37686193
DOI: 10.3390/ijms241713386
Full text on PMC
2023
aeda
Guangdong black teas have diverse flavors and aromas. To explore the molecular basis of these aromas, we extracted and analyzed the volatile flavor compounds of 31 black tea sample...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
PMID: 37048381
DOI: 10.3390/foods12071560
Full text on PMC
2023
threshold study
Flower scent is one of the main ornamental characteristics of herbaceous peony, and the improvement of flower fragrance is a vital objective of herbaceous peony breeding. In this s...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
PMID: 37298360
DOI: 10.3390/ijms24119410
Full text on PMC
2023
aroma analysis
BACKGROUND
Elicitors induce defense mechanisms triggering the synthesis of secondary metabolites. Irrigation has implications for a more sustainable viticulture and for grape compo...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
All paper metadata — titles, authors, journals, years, DOIs — is public bibliographic information. Abstract snippets shown are truncated to fewer than 200 characters and link to the original source on PubMed or the publisher. We never reproduce full text.
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.