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
Environment Conservation Journal
other
The costs of food deterioration in terms of both money and health are rising. Fungi, bacteria, yeast, insects, and rodent contamination of food supplies continue to be a major publ...
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2023
other
Post-harvest diseases can be a huge problem for the tropical fruit sector. These fruits are generally consumed in natura; thus, their integrity and appearance directly affect comme...
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PMID: 36673370
DOI: 10.3390/foods12020279
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2023
other
Essential oils have a distinctive aroma and are volatile. In general, essential oils are used as food flavoring, perfume, cosmetics, aromatherapy and medicine. Rosemary (Rosmarinus...
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2023
Ankara Üniversitesi Eczacılık Fakültesi Dergisi
pharmacology
Objective: Different types of pediatric diseases negatively affect the lives of many people, physically. Here, we aimed to document some medicinal plants used as traditional folk m...
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2023
other
Nowadays, consumers are pushing for the use of natural preservatives such as essential oils (EOs) in the fresh and processed foods, including meat. However, this action is related...
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2023
gc ms
The role of endophytes in maintaining healthy plant ecosystems and holding promise for agriculture and food security is deeply appreciated. In the current study, we determine the c...
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2023
aeda
To investigate the specific differences in flavor characteristics of <i>Huangjiu</i> fermented with different rice varieties, dynamic sensory evaluation, comprehensive two-dimensio...
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2023
threshold study
Spices and herbs improve sensory perception and acceptance of foods in subjects with chemosensory deficits. Our study demonstrated that aromatic spices/herbs greatly influenced the...
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2023
gc ms
Microbial resistance to drugs is a public health problem; therefore, there is a search for alternatives to replace conventional products with natural agents. One of the potential a...
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2023
Environmental science and pollution research international
other
Effective and environmentally friendly herbicides are urgently needed to meet consumer demand for organic products. To evaluate the weed control effect of four pyroligneous acid (P...
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2023
The Science of the total environment
other
Efforts have been directed to the development of environmentally friendly processes and manufacturing of green products, use of renewable energy and more sustainable agricultural p...
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2023
aeda
Flavour is an important component that impacts the quality and acceptability of new functional foods. However, most flavour substances are low molecular mass volatile compounds, an...
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2023
Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
other
Mealworm-flour-formulated flour-based products have gained increasing attention; however, their textural properties need to be improved. Propylene glycol alginate (PGA) is a commer...
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PMID: 37835295
DOI: 10.3390/foods12193641
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2023
gc ms
<h4>Background</h4><i>Kaempferia galanga</i> (L.) is one of the prospective therapeutic plants with an aromatic rhizome, and belongs to the Zingiberaceae family. This herb is commo...
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PMID: 36643622
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.14606
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2023
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
other
: Natural products are compounds produced by living organisms and can be divided into two main categories: primary (PMs) and secondary metabolites (SMs). Plant PMs are crucial for...
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2023
'Universitas Negeri Gorontalo'
other
Fish have the potential to be a natural source of flavor. Hence, they can be used as the main ingredient in flavor enhancers. This research examines the characteristics of flavor e...
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2023
Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
gc ms
Efficient detection methods must be developed for 1,4-dioxane due to its suspected status as a human carcinogen, which is highly mobile in food and environmental resources. In this...
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PMID: 37685230
DOI: 10.3390/foods12173299
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2023
other
Abstract Residues are generated after the processing of citrus fruits and can be used for essential oil extraction. Thus, the objective of this work was to evaluate the composition...
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2023
gc ms
Orange (Citrus x aurantium var sinensis) is the most widely consumed citrus fruit, and its essential oil, which is made from the peel, is the most widely used in the food, perfume,...
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2023
gc ms
Quality control of essential oils is fundamental for verifying their authenticity and conformity with quality standards, ensuring their safety and regulatory compliance, and monito...
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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.