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
<i>Flammulina filiformis (F. filiformis)</i> is one of the four major edible types of fungus in the world and has been cultivated in China since 800 CE (Anno Domini). Some of the m...
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2023
aroma analysis
Black garlic is a relatively new product that has become very popular in recent years. It is obtained by fermenting raw (white) garlic by the application of heat treatment. The und...
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2023
other
<i>Canarium schweinfurthii</i> fruit used in food and cosmetics produces waste nuts with a hard shell (hard-shell) and kernel. The hard-shell contained lignin and holocellulose, be...
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2023
gc ms
The <i>Plasmopara viticola</i> pathogen causes one of the most severe grapevine diseases, namely downy mildew. The response to <i>P. viticola</i> involves both visible symptoms and...
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2023
Fermentation
gc ms
Hop-derived volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and their transformation products significantly impact beer flavour and aroma. Geraniol, a key monoterpene alcohol in hops, has been r...
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2023
other
Wound healing is a complex process involving blood cells, extracellular matrix, and parenchymal cells. Research on biomimetics in amphibian skin has identified the CW49 peptide fro...
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2023
gc ms
The Crested Ibis (<i>Nipponia nippon</i>) has long fascinated ornithologists with its enigmatic plumage color change. After more than a century of curiosity, the mystery was finall...
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PMID: 38136856
DOI: 10.3390/ani13243820
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2023
gc ms
Various honeys from French Guiana were collected and analyzed to investigate their volatile fraction composition and antioxidant activity. Volatile composition was assessed using H...
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2023
other
Foraging ticks reportedly exploit diverse cues to locate their hosts. Here, we tested the hypothesis that host-seeking Western black-legged ticks, <i>Ixodes pacificus</i>, and blac...
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PMID: 37206969
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.230084
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2023
aeda
Smoked duck is a popular meat product in China. The aroma profile and key aroma compounds in smoked ducks were elucidated using solvent-assisted flavor evaporation-gas chromatograp...
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2023
other
In pioneering studies on plant-aphid interactions, we have observed that <i>Vicia faba</i> plants infested by aphids can transmit signals via the rhizosphere that induce abovegroun...
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2023
Scientific reports
gc ms
In the present study, the essential oil from dry leaves of Steiractinia sodiroi (Hieron.) S.F. Blake is described for the first time. The plant material, collected in the Province...
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2023
aroma analysis
One of the major variables affecting yield of the mushroom <i>Agaricus bisporus</i> is the casing layer, which directly affects the productivity and mass. Here, volatile organic co...
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2023
gc ms
Investigation of the Vietnamese marine sponge <i>Rhabdastrella globostellata</i> led to the isolation of two new polar isomalabaricanes: rhabdastrellosides A (<b>1</b>) and B (<b>2...
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PMID: 37999378
DOI: 10.3390/md21110554
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2023
aeda
This study analyzed the effects of thermal processing on volatiles and fatty acids in sweet corn. There were 27 volatiles measured in fresh samples, and 33, 21, and 19 volatiles id...
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2023
other
Loquat is a high-value fruit tree with medicine and fruit homology. Loquat flowers with special fragrance, strong cold resistance and rich in various bioactive components, are valu...
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2023
gc ms
The perception of hop-derived flavour in beer is not well understood, particularly regarding the effect that different yeast strains and fermentation parameters have on perceived h...
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PMID: 36900579
DOI: 10.3390/foods12051064
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2023
aeda
Three <i>Lactobacillus Plantarum</i> (LP), namely LP28, LP226 and LPC2W, were employed to investigate the effect on the aroma profiles of pasteurized litchi juice using E-nose, GC-...
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2023
gc ms
In this study, diploid, triploid, and tetraploid Crassostrea gigas samples were subjected to gas chromatography and ion mobility (GC-IMS) to identify and analyze volatile compounds...
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2023
other
Health, environmental and ethical concerns have resulted in a dramatic increase in demand for plant-based dairy analogues. While the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) responsible f...
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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.