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.
From the CompKitchen team
Original research
Featured
Preprint · Zenodo · CC BY 4.0
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
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry
aeda
A modified aroma extract dilution approach (AEDA), followed by the determination of flavor dilution (FD) factors, a quantitative analysis and calculation of the relative flavor act...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2024
Frontiers in plant science
gc ms
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and essential oils of conifers are widely used in the pharmaceutical industry. This work aimed to analyze the VOCs of 30 conifer species represent...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2024
Frontiers in immunology
other
Garlic (Allium sativum L.) is a widely abundant spice, known for its aroma and pungent flavor. It contains several bioactive compounds and offers a wide range of health benefits to...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2024
Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
aeda
The application of organic fertilizers is one of the most important agricultural measures aimed at improving the flavor and productivity of Lycopersicon esculentum, with the granul...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
PMID: 38890880
DOI: 10.3390/foods13111653
Full text on PMC
2024
other
Following a request from the European Commission, EFSA was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the safety and efficacy of tea tree oil obtained from leaves and terminal branch...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2024
gc ms
Scenting is an important process for the formation of aroma quality in floral Longjing tea. There are differences in the aroma quality of osmanthus Longjing teas processed by diffe...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
PMID: 39335913
DOI: 10.3390/foods13182985
Full text on PMC
2024
other
The present study focused on the physiological and biochemical aspects of Tricleocarpa fragilis, red seaweed belonging to the phylum Rhodophyta, along the South Andaman coast, with...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2024
other
Tidal wetlands, commonly known as salt marshes, are highly productive ecosystems in temperate regions worldwide. These environments constitute a unique flora composed primarily of...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2024
Chemosphere
gc ms
A comprehensive study was undertaken to examine the contamination of spotted scat fish (Scatophagus argus) with microplastics (MP) in various locations along the East Java coast of...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2024
gc ms
<b>Background/Objectives:</b> Recently, antimicrobial-resistant pathogens and cancers have emerged as serious global health problems, highlighting the immediate need for novel ther...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2024
gc ms
The vast cultivation of lemongrass (<i>Cymbopogon flexuosus</i>) as an essential oil-bearing plant worldwide relies heavily on its compound citral that holds immense industrial pot...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2024
gc ms
<h4>Background</h4>Tetrapleura tetraptera, a widely used medicinal plant in West Africa, has been traditionally employed for various ailments. Despite its folkloric significance, s...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2024
other
<i>Dittrichia viscosa</i> is a perennial herb that has been used for generations in traditional medicine to address a variety of diseases, including diabetes, hypertension, cancer,...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2024
gc ms
<i>Carpesium macrocephalum</i>, a species native to China, Korea, Japan, and Russia, has been used medicinally in the countries of its origin. Though mono- and sesquiterpenoids are...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2024
gc ms
As part of our interest in the volatile phytoconstituents of aromatic plants of the Great Basin, we have obtained essential oils of <i>Ambrosia acanthicarpa</i> (three samples), <i...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2024
pharmacology
<i>Geijera</i> Schott is a plant genus of the <i>Rutaceae</i> Juss. (rue and citrus) family, comprising six species which are all native to Oceania. Of the plants belonging to this...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2024
aeda
Drimenol, a phytochemical with a distinct odor is found in edible aromatic plants, such as <i>Polygonum minus</i> (known as kesum in Malaysia) and <i>Drimys winteri</i>. Recently,...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2024
aroma analysis
This study focuses on the development and optimization of a water removal device for biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) from plant emissions. BVOCs play a crucial role in...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
PMID: 39195437
DOI: 10.3390/mps7040059
Full text on PMC
2024
Phytochemical analysis : PCA
pharmacology
INTRODUCTION: Gomisin is a natural dibenzo cyclooctene lignan, which is mainly derived from the family Magnoliaceae. It has anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anti-tumor, anti-aging,...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2024
aroma analysis
Douchi is a kind of soybean-fermented food in China. To explore the common and differential compounds in different Douchi, Douchi was fermented by Aspergillus niger, Rhizopus arrhi...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
PMID: 39517305
DOI: 10.3390/foods13213521
Full text on PMC
All paper metadata — titles, authors, journals, years, DOIs — is public bibliographic information. Abstract snippets shown are truncated to fewer than 200 characters and link to the original source on PubMed or the publisher. We never reproduce full text.
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.