Peer-Reviewed Research Database
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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
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Given that modern humans spend approximately 90% of their time indoors, the indoor environment is crucial for chemical exposure. Emerging indoor organic pollutants, such as microbi...
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2024
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Exposure assessments to metalworking fluids (MWF) is difficult considering the complex nature of MWF. This study describes a comprehensive exposure assessment to straight and water...
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2024
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<h4>Background</h4>This study investigates the individual and cumulative effects of 12 aldehydes concentrations on cardiovascular disease (CVD).<h4>Methods</h4>A total of 1529 indi...
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PMID: 39076331
DOI: 10.31083/j.rcm2506206
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2024
gc ms
The citral-type is the most common chemotype in Cinnamomum bodinieri Levl (C. bodinieri), which has been widely used in the daily necessities, cosmetics, biomedicine, and aromatic...
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2024
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Antimicrobial resistance is a major global health concern, threatening the effective prevention and treatment of infections caused by microorganisms. These factors boosted the stud...
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1. In the evolutionary arms race between plants and herbivores, sophisticated mechanisms of indirect defense play a pivotal role. This study investigated the intricate ecological d...
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Linear monoterpenes, versatile reaction biosubstrates, are bound and subsequently converted to various cyclic monomers and oligomers with excellent selectivity and efficiency, <i>o...
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Olfactory receptors, classified as G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs), have been a subject of scientific inquiry since the early 1950s. Historically, investigations into the senso...
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2024
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry
aroma analysis
(R)-Citronellal is a key chiral precursor of high-value chemicals, such as the best-selling flavor compound (-)-menthol; however, the conventional synthesis suffers from low yield...
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2024
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Biosurfactants are a diverse group of compounds derived from microorganisms, possessing various structures and applications. The current study was seeking to isolate and identify a...
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2024
gc ms
The Fabaceae is renowned for its diverse range of chemical compounds with significant biological activities, making it a valuable subject for pharmacological studies. The chemical...
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2024
gc ms
The interaction of reactive oxygen species with cell membrane lipids is usually considered in the context of lipid peroxidation in the nonpolar component of the membrane. In this w...
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2024
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Omega-6 fatty acids are the primary polyunsaturated fatty acids in most Western diets, while their role in diabetes remains controversial. Exposure of omega-6 fatty acids to an oxi...
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2024
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The application of natural extracts to vegetable plants can increase production, optimize nutrient and water uptake, and mitigate the effects of stress on vegetable plants by enhan...
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2024
gc ms
<i>Spermacoce alata</i> Aubl. is widely available in the market as traditional Chinese medicine and animal feed, due to its properties of clearing heat and treating malaria and its...
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2024
Food Bioscience
aroma analysis
In Mediterranean areas, lamb meat is considered to be of great commercial value. Moreover, consumers are becoming increasingly interested in understanding the origin of lamb meat a...
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2024
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There are several highly damaging <i>Phytophthora</i> species pathogenic to forest trees, many of which have been spread beyond their native range by the international trade of liv...
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2024
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Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) mediate biological interactions and are produced by Pythium and Phytophthora species. These VOCs are biotechnologically relevant because the gener...
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2024
sensory panel
The sensory quality of black tea (BT) influenced by various factors, among which tree age is particularly significant. People prefer BT produced by fresh leaves from old tea trees,...
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2024
aroma analysis
Volatile fatty acid derivatives (VFADs) play a significant role in contributing to flowery-fruity flavor black tea. Innovative black tea is typically crafted from aroma-intensive t...
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PMID: 39410143
DOI: 10.3390/foods13193108
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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.