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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.

44,648
Papers indexed
959
Ingredients cited ⓘ
5,240
Compounds indexed
627,022
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2024 aroma analysis

Comparative analysis of the nutritional, physicochemical, and bioactive characteristics of <i>Artemisia abyssinica</i> and <i>Artemisia arborescens</i> for the evaluation of their potential as ingredients in functional foods.

<i>Artemisia abyssinica</i> and <i>Artemisia arborescens</i> are unique plants that show significant bioactive properties and are used for the treatment of a variety of diseases. T... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 39479604 DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.4431 Full text on PMC
2024 gc ms

Unveiling the therapeutic potentialities and chemical characterization of methanolic <i>Merremia vitifolia (Burm.f) Hallier f.</i> stem extract: A Multi-faceted investigation via <i>in vitro</i>, <i>in vivo</i>, and <i>in silico</i> approaches.

Current study focused on <i>Merremia vitifolia</i> an ethnomedicinal plant, aiming to explore its medicinal properties comprehensively. Through qualitative and quantitative analysi... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 39398064 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e38449 Full text on PMC
2024 gc ms

Exploring the Therapeutic Potential of <i>Ammodaucus leucotrichus</i> Seed Extracts: A Multi-Faceted Analysis of Phytochemical Composition, Anti-Inflammatory Efficacy, Predictive Anti-Arthritic Properties, and Molecular Docking Insights.

<i>Ammodaucus leucotrichus</i> exhibits promising pharmacological activity, hinting at anti-inflammatory and anti-arthritic effects. This study investigated seed extracts from <i>A... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 38543170 DOI: 10.3390/ph17030385 Full text on PMC

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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.