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
aroma analysis
Fragrant peanut oils (FPOs) are commonly defined as edible peanut oils having strong natural roasted peanut flavor without peculiar unpleasant odors and produced from peanut kernel...
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2024
gc ms
The thermally stable zirconium-based MOF, UiO-66, was employed for the preparation of bonded porous-layer open-tubular (PLOT) GC columns. The synthesis included the in situ growth...
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2024
other
The traditional stir-fry process before pressing is crucial to manufacture Hainan camellia oil. To assess the effects of the stir-fry process on Hainan camellia oil, six samples ac...
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2024
Food chemistry
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This study aimed to investigate alterations in the fungal community and flavor substances in Yunnan-style sausages subjected to natural air-dried fermentation (NF), variable-temper...
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2024
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry
gc ms
The discovery of new diagnostic tools for the early detection of diseases with poor prognosis such as pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PAC) is of high importance. The results from a cont...
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2024
other
From Egyptian mummies to the Chanel N° 5 perfume, aldehydes have been used for a long time and continue to impact our senses in a wide range of perfumes, foods, and beverages. Alde...
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2024
other
In this Review, all known chemical methods for the conversion of renewable resources into benzenoid aromatics are summarized. The raw materials that were taken into consideration a...
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2024
gc ms
<h4>Ethnopharmacological relevance</h4>Perillae Folium, the leaves and twigs of Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton, has been included in many traditional Chinese medicine herbal formu...
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2024
aroma analysis
The abnormal deposition of tau protein is one of the critical causes of tauopathies including Alzheimer's disease (AD). In recent years, there has been great interest in the use of...
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2024
aroma analysis
Bean paste is a traditional Chinese fermented condiment, which is loved by consumers for its pleasant flavor and nutritional properties. However, the microbial communities and rela...
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PMID: 39479702
DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.4322
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2024
aroma analysis
Star anise has been used for a long time in improving human health and curing diseases, owing to its unlimited components with complex chemical structures and a wide range of bioac...
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PMID: 39619989
DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.4508
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2024
gc ms
<h4>Background</h4><i>Elettaria cardamomum</i> (Cardamom) and <i>Foeniculum vulgare</i> (Fennel) are well-known spices and are also used as natural mouth fresheners. This study was...
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PMID: 39861065
DOI: 10.3390/ph18010002
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2024
pharmacology
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia. Given the link between oxidative stress and AD, many studies focus on the identification of natural antioxidants again...
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2024
other
In this study, three fermentation treatments of spontaneous fermentation (SF), direct inoculation of CECA (YF), and inoculation with CECA after addition of dimethyl dicarbonate (YD...
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2024
aroma analysis
Acting as the most abundant and widely distributed volatile secondary metabolites in plants, terpenoids play crucial roles in diverse physiological regulations and metabolic proces...
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2024
other
Sandalwood essential oil is extracted from the heartwood part of mature sandalwood and is known for its pleasant fragrance and exceptional medicinal activities, including antimicro...
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PMID: 39199359
DOI: 10.3390/biom14080971
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2024
gc ms
The growing emphasis on food safety and healthier lifestyles, driven by industrial expansion and scientific priorities, has highlighted the necessity of managing harmful microorgan...
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PMID: 39682991
DOI: 10.3390/foods13233919
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2024
gc ms
The current study was designed to uncover the chemistry and bioactivity potentials of <i>Bupleurum lancifolium</i> growing wild in Jordan. In this context, the fresh aerial parts o...
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2024
gc ms
The leaves of Magnoliaceae family plants contain abundant essential oils (EOs), and these species can be used in many fields due to their high industrial, medicinal, and ornamental...
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2024
other
<i>Dendrobium officinale</i> Kimura et Migo is a tonic plant that has both ornamental and medicinal properties. Terpenoids are significant and diverse secondary metabolites in plan...
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PMID: 38250724
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.16760
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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.