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.
2024
pharmacology
The genus <i>Vaccinium</i> is represented by shrubs growing in a temperate climate that have been used for ages as traditional remedies in the treatment of digestive problems, in d...
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PMID: 39334876
DOI: 10.3390/biom14091110
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2024
other
Many <i>Acinetobacter</i> species can grow on <i>n</i>-alkanes of varying lengths (≤C40). AlmA, a unique flavoprotein in these <i>Acinetobacter</i> strains, is the only enzyme prov...
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PMID: 38168668
DOI: 10.1128/aem.01625-23
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2024
gc ms
The use of fungicides in the postharvest treatment of mangoes has been widespread due to the incidence of pathogens, but awareness of the health risks arising from their use has in...
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2024
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry
gc ms
Nasal xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes (XMEs) are important for the sense of smell because they influence odorant availability and quality. Since the major part of the human nasal c...
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2024
Journal of biotechnology
aroma analysis
The biocatalytic aerobic "in-water" reduction of anthranilic acid to 2-aminobenzaldehyde by growing cultures of the basidiomycetous white-rot fungus Bjerkandera adusta has been stu...
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2024
Psychopharmacology
other
RATIONALE: Flavors can alter the orosensory properties of tobacco products. Specifically, flavors can serve as an oral cue for smokeless tobacco products. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to i...
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2024
other
The composition of grape berries, and consequently wine characteristics, can be deeply modified by late harvest (LH) or withering (W). Alternatively, a practice called "Poly Double...
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2024
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry
gc ms
Staphylococcus worderi KYS-164, isolated from homemade Tibetan kefir grains, produces bacteriocin-like inhibitory substances (BLIS), which are peptides with antimicrobial propertie...
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2024
pharmacology
<i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> is a potent human pathogen and a prevalent ESKAPE (<i>Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseu...
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2024
aeda
To clarify the characteristic odor of compounds present in duck meat, especially reheating after storage, the effect of duck breast cooked at three temperatures (90 °C, 100 °C, 105...
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2024
Journal of food science
gc ms
Cold plasma (CP) is a novel environmental-friendly preservation technology that causes minimal damage to fruits. The flavor and quality of winter jujubes have decreased with the ex...
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2024
gc ms
Catalytic fast pyrolysis (CFP) of biomass is a versatile thermochemical process for producing a biogenic oil that can be further upgraded to sustainable transportation fuels, chemi...
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2024
BMC pulmonary medicine
other
BACKGROUND: There is a general rise in incidentally found pulmonary nodules (PNs) requiring follow-up due to increased CT use. Biopsy and repeated CT scan are the most useful metho...
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2024
RSC advances
other
Aldehydes have been proposed as important precursor species in new particle formation (NPF). Although formaldehyde (CH2O) has minimal direct involvement in sulfuric acid (H2SO4) an...
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PMID: 39624433
DOI: 10.1039/d4ra08063g
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2024
Journal of biotechnology
aroma analysis
The natural aroma compound (+)-nootkatone was obtained in selective conversions of up to 74 mol% from inexpensive (+)-valencene substrate by using a comparatively greener biocataly...
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2024
gc ms
<h4>Background and aim</h4>Mosquitoes carry numerous diseases of medical and veterinary significance. While citronella essential oil is safe as a mosquito repellent, extensive rese...
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2024
gc ms
Chardonnay is one of the most popular white grape wine varieties in the world, but this wine lacks typical aroma, considered a sensory defect. Our research group identified a Chard...
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2024
Pest management science
gc ms
BACKGROUND: Insects use odor detection to sense their surroundings. Use of volatile compounds, such as essential oils (EOs) of plants, to repel pests and disrupt their olfaction-dr...
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2024
Natural product research
gc ms
Clinopodium candidissimum (Munby) Kuntze (Lamiaceae) is used in traditional medicine and as a food condiment in Algeria, where it is known as Zaater cheleuh and Nabta elbida. Here,...
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2024
Heliyon
pharmacology
Metschnikowia persimmonesis, a novel endophytic yeast strain isolated from Diospyros kaki calyx, possesses strong antimicrobial activity. We investigated its potential use as an en...
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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.