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
other
Six lactic acid bacteria strains were used to study the effects on physicochemical characteristics, antioxidant activities and sensory properties of fermented orange juices. All st...
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PMID: 35804736
DOI: 10.3390/foods11131920
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2022
other
Oriental Beauty, a deeply fermented variety of oolong tea, is famous for its fruity aroma and sweet taste. A targeted and untargeted metabolomics was used to comprehensively analyz...
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2022
gc ms
Alveolar macrophage is the predominant cell type in the lung and is thought to be the major target for anti-inflammatory therapy in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Ar...
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2022
gc ms
European cherry fruit fly, <i>Rhagoletis cerasi</i> (Diptera: Tephritidae), is the most important pest of sweet and sour cherry fruit. This fly is difficult to control by insectici...
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2022
gc ms
A large number of apple varieties (35) from the same germplasm were investigated over two consecutive harvest years. A total of 39 volatile compounds were identified by HS-SPME-GC-...
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PMID: 35267323
DOI: 10.3390/foods11050690
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2022
other
The food industry is constantly struggling with one of the most prevalent biofilm-forming and food-borne pathogenic bacteria, <i>Campylobacter jejuni</i>. Different approaches are...
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2022
Horticulturae
aroma analysis
Aroma is one of the most important indicators of grape quality. Girdling and foliar fertilization with K (K2O) are common agronomic practices applied to improve berry quality in gr...
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2022
gc ms
There is a lack of studies evaluating the metabolic contribution of non-<i>Saccharomyces</i> yeasts in early fermentation phases. This study aimed to investigate the volatile aroma...
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PMID: 36230163
DOI: 10.3390/foods11193088
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2022
other
Although chemical pesticides have been efficiently used to manage insect pest, their overuse has led to environmental contamination and threats to human health, enticing researcher...
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2022
gc ms
Volatile components are important active ingredients of Rutaceae. In this study, HS-GC-IMS (headspace-gas chromatography-ion mobility spectrometry) was used to study the volatile c...
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2022
aeda
Xinyang Maojian (XYMJ) green tea is one of the top ten teas in China, and the consumers prefer spring tea due to its umami taste and pleasurable aroma. However, the knowledge about...
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2022
aeda
Coffee brewing is a complex process from roasted coffee bean to beverage, playing an important role in coffee flavor quality. In this study, the effects of hot and cold brewing on...
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PMID: 36230042
DOI: 10.3390/foods11192968
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2022
Journal of Fungi
aroma analysis
This study investigated the fermentation performances and aroma compositions of synthetic grape juice that was fermented by four indigenous non-Saccharomyces yeast isolates that we...
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2022
Foods
other
peer reviewedThe aroma characteristics of six red jujube cultivars (Jinchang-'JC', Junzao-'JZ', Huizao-'HZ', Qiyuexian-'QYX', Hetiandazao-'HTDZ', and Yuanzao-'YZ'), cultivated in X...
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2022
Horticulturae
gc ms
Lavandula sp. essential oil and hydrolate are commercially valuable in various industry branches with the potential for wide-ranging applications. This study aimed to evaluate the...
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2022
gc ms
In recent years there has been an extensive search for nature-based products with functional potential. All structural parts of <i>Physalis alkekengi</i> (bladder cherry), includin...
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2022
gc ms
In this present study, <i>Lavandula angustifolia</i>, <i>Lavandula stoechas</i>, and <i>Lavandula × heterophylla</i> essential oils and their main compounds linalool and camphor we...
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2022
Current research in food science
aroma analysis
Grape aroma precursors have been extensively studied and many glycosidically-bound terpenols and C13-norisoprenoids were identified. Instead, these compounds were scarcely investig...
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2022
gc ms
Fenghuang Dancong, Tieguanyin, and Dahongpao teas are belonged to semi-fermented oolong teas and are famous for their unique aroma. However, reports regarding the systematic compar...
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2022
Frontiers in nutrition
gc ms
Nine-processed tangerine peel (Jiuzhi Chenpi in Chinese) is a famous Chinese traditional snack. The composition and contents of volatile substances during its processing is unclear...
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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.