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
Tomato (<i>Solanum lycopersicum</i>) is the most valuable fruit and horticultural crop species worldwide. Compared with the fruits of their progenitors, those of modern tomato cult...
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PMID: 36643745
DOI: 10.1093/hr/uhac229
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2023
other
Saccharomyces kudriavzevii is a cold-tolerant species identified as a good alternative for industrial winemaking. Although S. kudriavzevii has never been found in winemaking, its c...
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2023
gc ms
Stainless-steel tanks and wooden barrels are the most common wine ageing and storage vessels. Wooden barrels are often toasted to improve their chemical composition and influence o...
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PMID: 38201074
DOI: 10.3390/foods13010045
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2023
aroma analysis
Chinese rice wine (CRW) is a traditional and unique alcoholic beverage in China, favored by many consumers for its rich aroma, unique taste, and complex ingredients. Its flavor is...
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2023
gc ms
The quality of blueberry fruit is easily altered after harvest. We investigated the regulatory mechanism of heat-shock (postharvest treatment) and edible coating (preharvest treatm...
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PMID: 36832864
DOI: 10.3390/foods12040789
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2023
gc ms
The Asteraceae family is well known for its toxic and repellent activity against mosquitoes. In this study, essential oils (EOs) extracted from the aerial parts of both wild and cu...
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PMID: 37849964
DOI: 10.1155/2023/5748133
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2023
aroma analysis
In this study, a quality evaluation model of fermented kiwifruit juice (KJ) based on strain growth characteristics, sensory quality and functional characteristics was established b...
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2023
gc ms
With a characteristic flavour and aroma, "Maçã de Alcobaça" are apples produced in the western region of the mainland of Portugal. Given the known influence of pre-harvest cultural...
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2023
other
This study aimed to examine the effects of several essential oils on insomnia in dementia patients following transdermal treatment (aromatherapy). The mean change rates (%) of slee...
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2023
aeda
Floral fragrance is an important trait that contributes to the ornamental properties and pollination of crabapple. However, research on the physiological and molecular biology of t...
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2023
pharmacology
<h4>Introduction</h4><i>Polygonatum cyrtonema</i> Hua. (PC) is a traditional Chinese herb with a history of use in both food and medicine. For clinical use, processed PC pieces are...
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2023
sensory panel
Tea (<i>Camellia sinensis</i>) is one of the most popular beverages worldwide. Many types of tea products continuously emerge in an endless stream; so, the classification of tea be...
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PMID: 37444171
DOI: 10.3390/foods12132433
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2023
gc ms
Strawberries are extremely perishable fruit with a short shelf life due to its high susceptibility to mechanical injury, water loss, texture deterioration and microbiological decay...
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2023
other
Peppermint essential oil (EO) has been extensively tested to date in reducing stored-product insects and insects of public health concern with very promising results, while only a...
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2023
gc ms
In this work, the chemical composition and antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of the essential oils (EOs) of six species-<i>Laurus nobilis</i>, <i>Chamaemelum nobile</i>, <i>...
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2023
aroma analysis
Despite the diverse functions of yeast, only a relatively homogenous group of <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i> yeasts is used in the baking industry. Much of the potential of the na...
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PMID: 36832904
DOI: 10.3390/foods12040830
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2023
aroma analysis
Isoprene monooxygenase (IsoMO, encoded by <i>isoABCDEF</i>) initiates the oxidation of the climate-active gas isoprene, with the genes <i>isoGHIJ</i> and <i>aldH</i> nearly always...
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PMID: 36840579
DOI: 10.1128/aem.02122-22
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2023
other
The western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, is an insect pest, and its aggregation pheromone (AP) plays a crucial role in the recruitment of both sexes. A novel pheromon...
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2023
other
MicroRNA-26 (miR-26a and miR-26b) plays a critical role in lipid metabolism, but its endogenous regulatory mechanism in fatty acid metabolism is not clear in goat mammary epithelia...
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PMID: 37373175
DOI: 10.3390/ijms241210028
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2023
Frontiers in plant science
gc ms
This study aimed to employ GC-MS to assess the chemical composition of MeOH leaf extracts of R. officinalis and A. indica and evaluate their insecticidal, antioxidant, and antibact...
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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.