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.
2022
Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)
gc ms
Mint species are one of the most traded medicinal plants with a wide array of applications in the food, pharmaceutical, and perfumery industries. Here, a field experiment based on...
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2022
aeda
The aroma of Keemun black tea (KBT) changes during storage. We investigated key aroma volatiles of fresh KBT (FKBT) and KBT stored for 1 year. Through gas chromatography−olfactomet...
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PMID: 35267261
DOI: 10.3390/foods11050628
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2022
Phytochemistry
aeda
Dendrobium officinale Kimura et Migo, one of the most important orchids because of its medicinal and edible value, has a typical Dendrobium Sw. flora scent, which has great applica...
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2022
Food chemistry
aeda
Infants who accustomed to consume human milk can hardly adapt to the odor of infant formula in a short time and prefer the odor of human milk. In this study, the sensory-directed a...
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2022
Food chemistry: X
aeda
Second-drying is a key process of green tea manufacturing, however, hitherto the effect of second-drying methods on green tea quality has not been assessed. In this study, we compa...
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2022
Plants (Basel, Switzerland)
gc ms
Eurya plants are usually dioecious or subdioecious with small fragrant flowers. Here, we investigate the floral scent components of the subdioecious species Eurya loquaiana Dunn an...
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2022
Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics
gc ms
Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf is an aromatic perennial herb of Gramineae (Poaceae) family and is known for its application in food and healthcare industry. The present study aime...
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2022
other
Green tea processed by Echa 10 was shown to have a fresh and mellow taste as well as clean aroma with a clear honeysuckle fragrance. The colors of different Enshi green teas are cl...
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2022
aeda
The effects of soybean oil (20%, v/w) and extraction time (30, 60, or 90 min) on volatile compounds in cinnamon bark extract were investigated. The relative content and odor activi...
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2022
Plants (Basel, Switzerland)
gc ms
The aim of this study was to monitor the volatile chemical composition from leaves and reproductive organs of Piper mollicomum Kunth (PM), in its reproduction period, as well as re...
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2022
other
Propolis is a resinous mixture of substances collected and processed from various botanical sources by honeybees. Black poplar (<i>Populus balsamifera</i> L.) buds are one of the p...
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2022
aroma analysis
<h4>Background</h4>Although grapes accumulate diverse groups of volatile compounds, their genetic regulation in different cultivars remains unelucidated. Therefore, this study inve...
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2022
aroma analysis
The manufacturing of ready-to-drink black tea was through a long process, up to 14-18 hours. There was an alternative way to produce RTD black tea directly on the farm to reduce ti...
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PMID: 35282309
DOI: 10.1155/2022/1977762
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2022
gc ms
<h4>Background</h4>The current study was aimed to evaluate the chemical composition, as well as antileishmanial and cytotoxic effects of the essential oil of <i>Ferula macrecolea</...
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2022
sensory panel
Fried pepper (<i>Zanthoxylum bungeanum</i> Maxim.) oil (FPO) is widely used in Chinese cuisine because of its unique aroma. To investigate the effects of different frying temperatu...
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PMID: 35681412
DOI: 10.3390/foods11111661
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2022
other
Patagonia is a geographical area characterized by a wide plant biodiversity. Several native plant species are traditionally used in medicine by the local population and demonstrate...
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2022
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry
aeda
To improve the sensory quality and promote the diversified development of duck meat, the identification and inhibition of key off-odorants in duck broth were comparatively characte...
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2022
'Universitas Padjadjaran'
other
Ketumbar (Coriandrum sativum L.) merupakan salah satu tanaman rempah yang telah banyak dimanfaatkan sebagai penyedap dalam makanan, parfum, dan obat tradisional. Di indonesia, bij...
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2022
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
aroma analysis
Roasting is crucial for producing Yuan An yellow tea (YAYT) as it substantially affects sensory quality. However, the effect of roasting time on YAYT flavor quality is not clear. T...
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2022
other
Herbal products such as essential oils may play a promising role in the treatment of infections caused by gastrointestinal nematodes (GINs). The aim of this study was to evaluate t...
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PMID: 35202346
DOI: 10.3390/vetsci9020093
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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.