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
other
Tea is the most popular and widely consumed beverage worldwide, especially black tea. Summer tea has a bitter and astringent taste and low aroma compared to spring tea due to the h...
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PMID: 37761123
DOI: 10.3390/foods12183414
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2023
International journal of biological macromolecules
aeda
Gallic acid is an important phenolic compound with extensive applications in the food and pharmaceutical industries due to its health-promoting properties. However, due to its poor...
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2023
pharmacology
<i>Pereskia aculeata</i> Miller and <i>Pereskia grandfolia</i> Haw, known as 'ora-pro-nobis', are unconventional vegetables belonging to the Cactaceae family, native to the America...
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2023
Natural product research
other
The effect of intercropping of hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis L.) from Lamiaceae with a medicinal legume, that is, fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) on the hyssop essential oi...
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2023
gc ms
<h4>Background/aim</h4>Neuropathic pain (NP) is a type of chronic pain usually caused by damage to the somatosensory system. Bioactive antioxidant compounds, such as curcumin and g...
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2023
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
other
Aspergillus flavus (A. flavus) is a common saprophytic pathogenic fungus that produces toxic and carcinogenic aflatoxins prone to contaminate food. Here, we optimized the synthesis...
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2023
gc ms
The present study investigated the antioxidant and antimicrobial activities as well as characterized the chemical composition of the essential oils (EO) isolated from <i>Artemisia...
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PMID: 36983934
DOI: 10.3390/life13030779
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2023
Plant Diversity
other
Hawthorns are important medicinal and edible plants with a long history of health protection in China. Besides cultivated hawthorn, other wild hawthorns may also have excellent med...
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2023
aeda
<i>Actinidia arguta</i>, known for its distinctive flavor and high nutritional value, has seen an increase in cultivation and variety identification. However, the characterization...
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PMID: 37835267
DOI: 10.3390/foods12193615
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2023
other
Jasminum sambac (jasmine flower), a world-renowned plant appreciated for its exceptional flower fragrance, is of cultural and economic importance. However, the genetic basis of its...
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2023
aroma analysis
Plants use a variety of secondary metabolites to defend themselves against herbivore insects. Methyl salicylate (MeSA) is a natural plant-derived compound that has been used as a p...
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2023
other
Dengue, Chikungunya and Zika are arboviruses, transmitted by the mosquito <i>Aedes aegypti</i>, that cause high mortality and serious health consequences in human populations. Effo...
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2023
gc ms
The olfactory acuity of female mice allows them to discriminate the urinary odors of males. Parasitic infection can reduce the odor attractiveness of male mice to females and resul...
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PMID: 36830543
DOI: 10.3390/ani13040756
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2023
gc ms
Female mice can discriminate the urinary odors of male mice due to their olfactory acuity. Parasitic infection or subclinical infection can decrease the odor attractiveness of male...
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PMID: 36982803
DOI: 10.3390/ijms24065731
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2023
Vavilovskii zhurnal genetiki i selektsii
gc ms
Sexual selection is considered as one of the leading factors of evolutionary development. In the conditions of incessant competition, specialized methods of attracting individuals...
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PMID: 37808218
DOI: 10.18699/VJGB-23-58
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2023
aeda
The search for an effective zinc fertilizer and its application method to effectively increase zinc content and enhance aroma in rice grains is a crucial objective. In this study,...
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2023
threshold study
Pomace as a side stream from black currant juice production is mostly discarded, even though it is rich in nutrients like protein, fiber, sugars, anthocyanins, polyphenols, and oth...
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2023
Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy
aroma analysis
Among various chemiluminescence (CL) systems, luminol-H2O2 system is used extensively due to its cheapness and sensitivity. Herein, 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde, known as vanill...
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2023
Frontiers in nutrition
gc ms
The distinctive flavor compounds of donkey meat are unknown. Accordingly, in the present study, the volatile compounds (VOCs) in the meat from SanFen (SF) and WuTou (WT) donkeys we...
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2023
aeda
The objective of this study was to explore the microbial diversity, volatile flavor substances, and their potential correlations in inner and surface Chinese Qingcheng Mountain tra...
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PMID: 37893622
DOI: 10.3390/foods12203729
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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.