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.
2023
gc ms
Biodegradation in the aquatic environment occurs in the presence of many chemicals, while standard simulation biodegradation tests are conducted with single chemicals. This study a...
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2023
other
A convenient synthesis of enantiopure mixed donor phosphine-phosphite ligands has been developed incorporating <i>P</i>-stereogenic phosphanorbornane and axially chiral bisnaphthol...
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PMID: 38024987
DOI: 10.1039/d3ra07630j
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2023
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
other
Aging is a major risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD). AD mouse models are frequently used to assess pathology, behavior, and memory in AD research. While the pathological char...
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2023
Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie
other
Phenolic compounds play a key role in the health benefits of Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO). Among these molecules, the focus has been recently put on (-)-oleocanthal and (-)-oleace...
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2023
Food chemistry
aeda
Oleocanthal, OC, 2-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)ethyl(3S,4E)-4-formyl-3-(2-oxoethyl)hex-4-enoate, is a natural organic compound exclusively found in Olea europaea L. (Oleoaceae), such as extra...
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2023
aroma analysis
The fungal community in Qu plays a key role in the formation of turbid rice wine (TRW) style. The Sichuan Basin and its surrounding areas have become one of the main TRW production...
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PMID: 36766114
DOI: 10.3390/foods12030585
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2023
PloS one
other
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is an important olfactory cue in Drosophila melanogaster and can elicit both attractive and aversive behaviors. It is detected by gustatory receptors, Gr21a an...
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2023
Journal of ethnopharmacology
gc ms
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia Mill.) essential oil is renowned for its use in the treatment of insomnia and mental disorder diseases in folk medi...
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2023
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry
aeda
Chinese steamed bread (CSB) made with commercial yeasts and traditional Chinese sourdoughs was analyzed for the flavor and microbial communities. Sensory attributes were assessed u...
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2023
other
When new apple cultivars are planted, knowledge of their maturation and ripening behavior and, as a consequence, the best time for their harvest is of utmost importance for providi...
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PMID: 37048246
DOI: 10.3390/foods12071425
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2023
gc ms
Aroma compounds play a key role in wine quality due to their importance in wine aroma. The aim of the present study is to investigate the influence of cold pre-fermentative macerat...
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PMID: 36981062
DOI: 10.3390/foods12061135
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2023
sensory panel
The objective of this study was to determine the effect of various storage conditions (i.e., storage under regular air with temperature control, controlled atmosphere storage and s...
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PMID: 37174414
DOI: 10.3390/foods12091876
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2023
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
other
Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) fermentation is frequently employed to improve the nutritional, functional, and sensory characteristics of foods. Our study explored the effects of co-fe...
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2023
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
gc ms
Smilax brasiliensis Sprengel is a monocotyledon of the Smilacaceae family, native to the Brazilian Cerrado, popularly known as "salsaparrilha" or "japecanga". In this study, the et...
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2023
Molecular nutrition & food research
pharmacology
SCOPE: Insulin resistance is a common feature of obesity and type 2 diabetes and partly results from an imbalance between food intake and energy expenditure. Therefore, efficient a...
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2023
Smart molecules : open access
other
Salicylic acid (SA) is a hydrolysis product and an active form of aspirin, and SA is found in a range of fruits and other food products. For food and drug and analysis there is a s...
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PMID: 40626210
DOI: 10.1002/smo.20230007
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2023
Carbohydrate research
other
Hemicellulose extracted from ecalyptus APMP pulping waste liquor and undergoes etherification modification to produce carboxymethyl hemicellulose (CMHC). Subsequently, CMHC undergo...
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2023
Food chemistry
other
Steam-processed Polygonatum sibiricum (PS) has been used as food for thousands of years. However, fewer studies concentrated on the effects of polysaccharides (SPSP) from the steam...
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2023
other
Cross-linked elastomers are stretchable materials that typically are not recyclable or biodegradable. Medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoates (mcl-PHAs) are soft and ductile, mak...
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2023
gc ms
The lipid molecules and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in milk are heavily influenced by diet. However, little is known about how roughage affects the lipid and VOC contents of...
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PMID: 37297473
DOI: 10.3390/foods12112231
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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.