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
gc ms
<b>Background</b>: Essential oils exhibit several biological activities such as antimicrobial, antioxidant, proliferative, and anti-inflammatory. This study was aimed at investigat...
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PMID: 39598405
DOI: 10.3390/ph17111494
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2024
aeda
Taiping Houkui (TPHK) is prevalent green tea in China, its flavor quality is significantly influenced by different production regions. However, the key flavor compounds responsible...
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2024
aroma analysis
Tomato pomace, the main by-product of tomato processing, is also an underestimated source of many active substances. This study aimed to determine the possibility of using oil obta...
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2024
other
Eukaryotes respond to secreted metabolites from the microbiome. However, little is known about the effects of exposure to volatiles emitted by microbes or in the environment that w...
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PMID: 38411140
DOI: 10.7554/elife.86823
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2024
aroma analysis
This study investigates the effects of fermentation modification and combined modification with heat-moisture treatment (HMT) on the multiscale structure, physical and chemical pro...
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PMID: 39766985
DOI: 10.3390/foods13244043
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2024
gc ms
The Mangshan pit viper, <i>Protobothrops mangshanensis</i>, is a rare, highly endangered snake native to the mountainous regions of Hunan Province in China. Snakes possess abdomina...
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PMID: 39445221
DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.20.222
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2024
other
Fish swim bladder (FSB) is a type of traditional nutraceutical, but the lack of high-quality drying methods limits its premium market development. In order to obtain optimal-qualit...
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PMID: 39272555
DOI: 10.3390/foods13172790
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2024
Beneficial microbes
other
Colon target delivery of active ingredients is frequently applied in pharmaceutical products. However, in functional food and beverage applications, dietary supplements, and medica...
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2024
other
This work aimed to evaluate the effects of 4 selected essential oils on planktonic cells and microbial biofilms of the Staphylococcus aureus strain (MRSA ATCC 33591). The antibacte...
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2024
aeda
Rice-based Baijiu has gained popularity in the Chinese market. Qingya-flavored Baijiu, a variant of Xiaoqu-fermented Baijiu, employs rice as its primary raw material, with an impro...
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PMID: 38472793
DOI: 10.3390/foods13050681
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2024
gc ms
In order to characterize the volatile chemical components of <i>Schisandra chinensis</i> processed by different Traditional Chinese Medicine Processing methods and establish finger...
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2024
gc ms
Sea buckthorn juice has high nutritional value and a rich flavor that consumers enjoy. Traditional sea buckthorn thermal processing (TP) technology has problems such as low juice y...
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PMID: 38928771
DOI: 10.3390/foods13121829
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2024
other
Today, in the modern consumer era, we are facing a significant change in terms of preferences and behaviour. This tendency is not only a basic desire, but rather a significant soci...
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PMID: 39200406
DOI: 10.3390/foods13162479
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2024
gc ms
Biofilms play a decisive role in the infectious process and the development of antibiotic resistance. The establishment of bacterial biofilms is regulated by a signal-mediated cell...
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PMID: 39063540
DOI: 10.3390/life14070785
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2024
Bioresource technology
gc ms
Brewer's spent grain (BSG) is a main byproduct of the beer industry. BSG is rich in a variety of nutrients, and the search for its effective, high-value utilization is ongoing. Env...
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2024
gc ms
<i>Alpinia galanga (L.)</i> Willd. (<i>A. galanga</i>) is extremely significant and is utilized extensively in traditional medicine throughout many nations. This study aimed to det...
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2024
gc ms
Coccidiosis poses a significant threat to the poultry industry, with synthetic antibiotics and disinfectants being the primary tools for control. This study investigated the potent...
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2024
pharmacology
There is an urgent need for new bioactive molecules with unique mechanisms of action and chemistry to address the issue of incorrect use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, whi...
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2024
gc ms
Incorporating insect meals into poultry diets has emerged as a sustainable alternative to conventional feed sources, offering nutritional, welfare benefits, and environmental advan...
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PMID: 39123968
DOI: 10.3390/s24154921
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2024
Journal of environmental management
other
Vinyl acetate is a volatile organic compound widely used in the chemical industry, and there is a need for effective and economic removal of this volatile organic compound from was...
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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.