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.
2023
Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
other
The present work evaluates the food packaging performance of previously developed films of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) reinforced with atomized microfibrill...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
PMID: 36673467
DOI: 10.3390/foods12020375
Full text on PMC
2023
The Science of the total environment
other
Micro/nanoplastic (M/NP) contamination in food has become a global concern. Food-grade polypropylene (PP) nonwoven bags, which are widely used to filter food residues, are consider...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2023
Journal of the science of food and agriculture
other
BACKGROUND: The shelf-life of a functional herbal tea-based beverage is important not only for consumer acceptability, but also for the retention of bioactive compounds. The presen...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2023
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
aroma analysis
Kombucha is a natural fermented beverage (mixed system). This study aimed to unravel the signatures of kombucha in China to achieve tailor-made microbial consortium. Here, biochemi...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2023
other
The aim of this study was to assess respondents' opinions on the choice of edible insects as a food, and to evaluate the influence of cricket flour (ECF) (10, 20, 30%) on the quali...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
PMID: 36673418
DOI: 10.3390/foods12020325
Full text on PMC
2023
sensory panel
In the production of soy sauce-aroma type baijiu (SSAB), the quality of base liquor significantly affects the finished liquor's quality. Moreover, low-quality liquor may cause heal...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2023
Food additives & contaminants. Part A, Chemistry, analysis, control, exposure & risk assessment
aeda
The objective was to establish a robust and reliable approach for the characterisation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) present in food contact paperboard. This was achieved th...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2023
Food chemistry
other
Bakuchiol is gaining major interest for treatments against skin photoaging. The kinetics of mushroom tyrosinase inhibition by bakuchiol, by real-time oxygen sensing and UV-vis moni...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2023
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
other
This study aimed to examine blood benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, o-xylene, and m-/p-xylene (BTEX) concentrations and their trends contrasting construction workers with workers in...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2023
Forensic science international
gc ms
Analysis of volatile hydrocarbons in blood from fire-related deaths provides useful information such as whether the victim inhaled smoke from the fire before death or whether an ac...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2023
Chemistry & biodiversity
gc ms
Calendula suffruticosa Vahl subsp. boissieri Lanza is well-known for its medicinal properties in northeastern Algeria. As far as literature has been able to prove, no study has att...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2023
Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
gc ms
The red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), is a major storage pest that could lead to a wide range of damage. Its secretions have a significant...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
PMID: 37444222
DOI: 10.3390/foods12132484
Full text on PMC
2023
Food chemistry
other
Organosulfides are responsible for the characteristic aroma of Parkia speciosa Hassk seeds (stink bean) yet its formation mechanism from the precursor djenkolic acid has not been c...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2023
Environmental science and pollution research international
other
The investment of solar energy in life applications has become mandatory to maintain a clean environment and reduce the use of fossil fuels. This work aimed to improve the performa...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2023
Heliyon
pharmacology
The phenolic profile of Isabella grape (Vitis labrusca) offers beneficial properties to human health and makes it a functional food product. In order to better understand the pheno...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2023
Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society
pharmacology
Indole, benzoxazole benzothiazole and benzimidazole are excellent classes of organic heterocyclic compounds. These compounds show significant application in pharmacy, industries, d...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2023
aroma analysis
Bee pollen is a hive product made up of flower pollen grains, nectar, and bee salivary secretions that beekeepers can collect without damaging the hive. Bee pollen, also called bee...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2023
USAMV Cluj-Napoca
pharmacology
Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) is a plant of the Rosaceae family and is widely grown throughout the world as one of the medicinal and edible plants, known as the “nutritious fruit”...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2023
Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
pharmacology
The antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antimicrobial characteristics of propolis, a bioactive compound collected from hives, have prompted its use in the food sector in recent tim...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
PMID: 38231851
DOI: 10.3390/foods12234337
Full text on PMC
2023
Nutrients
pharmacology
Colorectal cancer is one of the most common malignancies in the world. Lifestyle and eating patterns may have a significant impact on the prevention of this type of cancer. Bioacti...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
PMID: 37049455
DOI: 10.3390/nu15071614
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.