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
Aspergillus flavus is a pathogenic fungus that affects and contaminates several foodstuffs and is associated with cancer in humans. In Senegal, significant losses of groundnut prod...
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2023
aeda
Tea aroma greatly varies with the production date. This study investigated the aroma differences among black teas processed on different dates (March 23rd, April 8th, April 15th, A...
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PMID: 38231869
DOI: 10.3390/foods12234368
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2023
other
Depression is a serious psychiatric disorder with high prevalence, and the delayed onset of antidepressant effects remains a limitation in the treatment of depression. This study a...
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2023
sensory panel
Sichuan pepper oleoresin (SPO) is highly appreciated by the food industry as well as consumers for flavor. To understand the overall flavor of SPO and how the quality changes durin...
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2023
gc ms
<i>Aniba canelilla</i> (Kunth) Mez essential oil has many biological activities due to its main compound 1-nitro-2-phenylethane (1N2F), followed by methyleugenol, a carcinogenic ag...
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2023
Elsevier B.V.
gc ms
Agarwood (Aquilaria malaccensis) is very well known as the most expensive wood in the world due to its wide applications in perfumery, cosmetic traditional medicine, and religious...
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2023
other
<h4>Introduction</h4><i>Saussurea costus</i>, an important critically endangered medicinal herb native to the Himalayan region, is commonly used in various ailments, <i>viz</i>. as...
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2023
other
The essential oils of <i>Juniperus</i> are highly beneficial medicinally. The present study aimed to assess the chemodiversity and bioactivity of <i>Juniperus formosana</i>, <i>Jun...
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PMID: 37894884
DOI: 10.3390/ijms242015203
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2023
Plants (Basel, Switzerland)
gc ms
The present study aimed to explore the phytochemical profile, and evaluate the antioxidant, antimicrobial, and insecticidal properties, of Moroccan Mentha longifolia L. essential o...
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2023
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry
other
Plant volatile sesquiterpenes (PVSs) play important roles in chemical plant defense. However, it is difficult to isolate sufficient PVSs for deep investigations due to their low co...
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2023
Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics
gc ms
Hypertension is a major risk factor of cardiovascular diseases, which is mainly caused due to over activation of renin-angiotensin system. The angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE),...
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2023
other
In maize (<i>Zea mays</i>), fungal-elicited immune responses include the accumulation of terpene synthase (TPS) and cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (CYP) enzymes resulting in comple...
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2023
other
<i>Cistus albidus</i> L. (Cistaceae) is a medicinal plant that has been used therapeutically since ancient times in the Mediterranean basin for its important pharmacological proper...
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2023
gc ms
Common tansy (<i>Tanacetum vulgare</i> L.) is a plant with medicinal properties that has traditionally been used in folk medicine for its anthelmintic, antispasmodic, and cholereti...
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2023
International journal of biological macromolecules
aroma analysis
Biodegradable material incorporated with antifungal essential oil has become an alternative food preservation approach to reduce plastic waste. Essential oils of Amomum testaceum,...
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2023
other
The drying process is used in the food industry to extend the shelf life of fruits and vegetables without the use of preservatives. As quality, visual, and aroma characteristics ar...
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PMID: 38231696
DOI: 10.3390/foods12234294
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2023
gc ms
The essential oils (EOs) of <i>Guatteria schomburgkiana</i> (Gsch) and <i>Xylopia frutescens</i> (Xfru) (Annonaceae) were obtained by hydrodistillation, and their chemical composit...
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2023
gc ms
Using essential oils to control vectors, intermediate hosts, and disease-causing microorganisms is a promising approach. The genus <i>Croton</i> in the family Euphorbiaceae is a la...
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2023
gc ms
Essential oils (EOs) obtained by hydro-distillation from different parts of twigs (EOT), leaves (EOL), and fruits (EOF) of <i>Eucalyptus gunnii</i> Hook. f. were screened for their...
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2023
Frontiers in pharmacology
gc ms
The Eucalyptus tree, belonging to the myrtle family, grows all over the world for its pharmaceutical and industrial benefits. In this article, we present a comparative analysis of...
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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.