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
aeda
Citrus exhibits unique nutritional values. Most citrus cultivars are derived from mutations. However, the effect of these mutations on fruit quality is unclear. We have previously...
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PMID: 37240160
DOI: 10.3390/ijms24108816
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2023
other
<i>Melissa officinalis</i> L. is a medicinal plant used worldwide for ethno-medical purposes. Today, it is grown everywhere; while it is known to originate from Southern Europe, it...
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PMID: 37174453
DOI: 10.3390/foods12091916
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2023
gc ms
<i>Eucalyptus</i> species are known to produce metabolites such as essential oils (EOs) that play an important role in the control of weeds, pests and phytopathogenic fungi. The ai...
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2023
gc ms
Citrus greening disease or Huanglongbing (HLB) is one of the most destructive diseases affecting all varieties of citrus worldwide. Aimed at optimizing the scion/rootstock combinat...
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PMID: 36819231
DOI: 10.1039/d2ra08182b
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2023
gc ms
<h4>Background</h4>Ocimum americanum L. (O. americanum) and Ocimum basilicum L. (O. basilicum) are highly valued aromatic medicinal plants. Their leaves are widely used as spices i...
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2023
gc ms
The comparative chemical composition of different part of Faustrime fruits (peels, pulp, albedo, and seeds) extracted with different solvents was determined by GC-MS and UHPLC-HRMS...
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2023
other
Menthol and tobacco flavors are available for almost all tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes (e-cigs). These flavors are a mixture of chemicals with overlapping const...
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2023
other
An urgent demand for natural compound alternatives to conventional medications has arisen due to global health challenges, such as drug resistance and the adverse effects associate...
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2023
Journal of basic microbiology
gc ms
The endophytic fungus Neurospora dictyophora 3ZF-02 with a special aroma was isolated from the arils of Torreya grandis. Analysis of volatile organic compounds was done by gas chro...
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2023
other
Food security is an important basis and guarantee to national safety, the loss caused by storage pests was a serious problem which affects the food security widely. Frequent applic...
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2023
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
sensory panel
Aroma is a crucial determinant of tea quality. While some studies have examined the aroma of yellow tea, there are no reports of the difference and formation mechanism of aroma qua...
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2023
gc ms
Volatile flavor compounds as they relate to canine and feline palatability of wet pet food has yet to be established in the industry. The objectives of this study were to determine...
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2023
Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology
other
α-Terpineol is a monoterpenoid alcohol that has been widely used in the flavor, fragrance, and pharmaceutical industries because of its sensory and biological properties. However,...
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2023
Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
sensory panel
Aromatic white wines contain monoterpenes that can alter aroma qualities based on their concentration and enantiomeric ratios. Limonene has been identified as a monoterpene that is...
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PMID: 37372600
DOI: 10.3390/foods12122389
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2023
other
This Special Issue entitled "Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of Essential Oils" focuses on the chemical characterization of essential oils (EOs) through analytical...
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2023
Phytochemistry
gc ms
Boswellia dalzielii is a resin-producing tree endemic to West and Central Africa, used by local populations for various medicinal purposes. In this study, B. dalzielii gum resin wa...
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2023
gc ms
During the development of novel, standardized peppermint extracts targeting functional applications, it is critical to adequately characterize raw material plant sources to assure...
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2023
gc ms
Nicotine pouches are oral products that deliver nicotine without containing tobacco. Previous studies mainly focused on the determination of known tobacco toxicants, while yet no u...
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2023
gc ms
“The only way to avoid a smoking-related risk is not to smoke” (Baker, 2006).
Tobacco smoke consists of a multitude of harmful substances many of them known carcinogens. In additi...
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2023
gc ms
Peppermint has gained a promising status due to the presence of a high proportion of bioactive compounds, especially menthol. Due to its pharmacological efficacy, the demand for it...
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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.