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
aroma analysis
This study evaluated the fermentation performance and bioactive properties of beers produced by Pichia kluyveri L131 and commercial Saccharomyces pastorianus, individually and in c...
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2026
other
Freezing is the most commonly used preservation method for aquatic products, but the freeze-thaw cycle leads to the formation and growth of ice crystals, which seriously affects th...
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PMID: 41683050
DOI: 10.3390/foods15030462
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2026
gc ms
<b>Background:</b> Cancer is a leading cause of mortality worldwide, characterized by metabolic reprogramming, including alterations in fatty acid (FA) metabolism. Plasma FA profil...
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2026
aroma analysis
ABSTRACT Proton‐transfer‐reaction—mass spectrometry (PTR‐MS) provides real‐time analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) relevant to atmospheric research, food and flavor char...
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PMID: 41607201
DOI: 10.1002/jms.70031
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2026
Journal of chromatography. A
gc ms
Cigar tobacco leaves are a crucial factor influencing the quality of cigars, as they are an important component in cigar production. In this study, a novel method of headspace soli...
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2026
Parasites & vectors
other
BACKGROUND: Olfactory detection of host odors is fundamental to mosquito host-seeking behavior. Although the olfactory pathways of model species such as Anopheles gambiae have been...
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2026
gc ms
Diabetes mellitus and Alzheimer's disease are interconnected, with type 2 diabetes raising dementia risk. Decoctions and infusions of Tripleurospermum monticolum (Asteraceae) are t...
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2026
aeda
Gastrodia elata f. glauca S. Chow (WTM) is a both a traditional food and a traditional Chinese medicine plant. The study aimed to reveal its flavor variations between fine-grained...
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2026
aroma analysis
Long-term ripened dry-cured ham is popular across China, but the mechanisms by which production region and ripening time regulate its quality remain incompletely understood. Theref...
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2026
gc ms
Strawberry (<i>Fragaria × ananassa</i> Duch<i>.</i>) is an important economic crop all around the world. A new developed cultivar 'Baozhu' which has a similar fruit shape with 'Hon...
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2026
aeda
This study systematically compared spray drying (SD) and freeze drying (FD) for microencapsulating <i>Idesia polycarpa</i> oil using a soy protein isolate/maltodextrin (SPI/MD) wal...
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PMID: 41683785
DOI: 10.3390/ijms27031363
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2026
Journal of chromatography. A
other
Phenyllactic acid (PhLA) is one of important bio-based compounds with potential applications as a natural preservative, feed additive, pharmaceutical agent and polymer precursor in...
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2026
other
<i>Heracleum sosnowskyi</i> Manden., or <i>H. sosnowskyi</i>, of the Apiaceae was first cultivated in the USSR in 1947 as a potential fodder plant. Due to the development of cold-r...
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PMID: 41562765
DOI: 10.3390/jox16010006
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2026
gc ms
Plastic waste has accumulated extensively in the environment due to its widespread use across multiple sectors, resulting in serious ecological concerns. Among these materials, acr...
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2026
other
Urinary metabolites provide information regarding metabolic changes and environmental exposure throughout pregnancy. A narrative literature review was conducted by using PubMed and...
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2026
gc ms
In this study, pregnant mice were exposed to dietary Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) (0.1 % or 0.2 %) from gestational day (GD) 0 to GD18, and maternal liver metabolomes were pro...
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2026
aeda
The essential oil of Cotula cinerea was subjected to gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis, leading to the identification of 31 chemical constituents. The major com...
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2026
gc ms
<i>Botrytis cinerea</i> poses severe postharvest losses in horticultural products, while synthetic fungicides raise food safety concerns. This study developed a GRAS-compliant anti...
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PMID: 41683169
DOI: 10.3390/foods15030583
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2026
other
Seasonal variation is recognized as a key factor affecting the essential oil (EO) yield, chemical composition, and antioxidant activity of <i>Laurus nobilis</i> L. from the Montene...
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2026
Natural product research
gc ms
This study presents the first complete analysis of the chemical composition of the flowers of the species N. fragrans and N. microchila. The compounds were extracted via distillati...
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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.