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
Frontiers in physiology
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The use of agricultural neonicotinoid insecticides has sub-lethal chronic effects on bees that are more prevalent than acute toxicity. Among these insecticides, thiacloprid, a comm...
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2023
Food science & nutrition
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Numerous studies have indicated the pharmacological properties of linalool, a volatile terpene alcohol found in many flowers and spice plants, including anti-nociceptive, anti-infl...
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PMID: 36655091
DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.3057
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2023
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Roses are popular ornamental plants all over the world. Rosa damascena Mill., also known as the damask rose, is a well-known scented rose species cultivated to produce essential oi...
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2023
Scientific reports
gc ms
Polyphenolics have been predicted to effectively develop antimicrobial agents for the food industry as food additives and promote human health. This study aims to synthesize pomegr...
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2023
gc ms
Sweet orange (<i>Citrus × sinensis</i> (L.) Osbeck), lentisk (<i>Pistacia lentiscus</i> L.) and lemon eucalyptus (<i>Eucalyptus citriodora</i> Hook) are medicinal plants known by i...
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2023
gc ms
Scabies is considered an external parasite notorious for its high prevalence causing severe and contagious skin lesions in humans and animals worldwide. This study has introduced a...
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2023
sensory panel
The basic physical and chemical qualities, nutrition, aroma components, and sensory evaluation of 17 varieties of table grapes were studied. The quality evaluation system of differ...
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PMID: 37761080
DOI: 10.3390/foods12183371
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2023
Hormones and behavior
threshold study
Previous studies have reported increased sensitivity to malodor after acute stress in humans. However, it is unclear whether stress-related "hypersensitivity" to odors depends on o...
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2023
gc ms
The current study is designed to synthesize gold nanoparticles using Ajuga bracteosa extract, which is a highly known medicinal herb found in the northern Himalayas. The synthesize...
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2023
aeda
Post-mortem aging could enhance the unique flavors of beef via several biochemical pathways. The microbiota is one of the important factors in the flavor development of aging beef,...
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PMID: 37685199
DOI: 10.3390/foods12173266
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2023
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An ovipositing insect evaluates the benefits and risks associated with the selection of an oviposition site for optimizing the fitness and survival of its offspring. The greater wa...
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2023
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Chinese plum (<i>Prunus salicina</i> Lindl.) is a nutritionally and economically important stone fruit widely grown around the world. Anthracnose, caused by <i>Collectotrichum</i>...
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2023
aroma analysis
Matcha has a unique aroma of seaweed-like, which is popular with Chinese consumers. In order to effectively understand and use matcha for drinks and tea products, we roundly analyz...
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2023
gc ms
A promising way to utilize fish by-products is to develop hydrolysis of fish proteins with enzymes. The obtained fish protein hydrolysates (FPHs) are rich in peptides and amino aci...
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2023
gc ms
<h4>Introduction</h4><i>Allium macrostemon</i> Bge. (AMB) and <i>Allium chinense</i> G. Don (ACGD) are both edible <i>Allium</i> vegetables and named officinal Xiebai (or Allii Mac...
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2023
gc ms
Authentication of meat floss origin has been highly critical for its consumers due to existing potential risks of having allergic diseases or religion perspective related to pork-c...
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2023
aeda
Highlights • Characteristic aroma components of milk-flavored white tea were profiled.• Dihydro-5-pentyl-2(3H)-furanone was the essential volatile for milky flavor.• (E)-6,10-Dimet...
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2023
sensory panel
Matcha addition decreased the relative crystallinity and provided with a refreshing flavor for all types of rice cakes. Matcha also significantly enhanced the phenolic content and...
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2023
pharmacology
Sphingoid bases have shown promise as effective antioxidants in fish oils together with α-tocopherol, and the effect has been attributed to products resulting from amino-carbonyl r...
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2023
gc ms
Edible mushrooms are important providers of nutrients and are well recognized for their particular organoleptic properties. The volatiles that <i>Tuber</i> releases serve purposes...
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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.