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.
2026
Applied microbiology and biotechnology
pharmacology
Siderophores are iron-chelating secondary metabolites that can effectively control fungal diseases in several agronomically important crops. In the present study, the bacterium Bur...
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2026
gc ms
This study investigated the effects of electron beam irradiation at doses of 1, 3, 5, and 7 kGy on cold fresh rainbow trout meat, using non-irradiated samples as a control. Changes...
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2026
gc ms
This study investigated the effectiveness of basil (<i>Ocimum basilicum</i> L.) extract obtained by hydrodistillation (EO) and lipid extract (LE) obtained via supercritical fluid e...
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PMID: 41596797
DOI: 10.3390/foods15020198
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2026
other
Enzymatic hydrolysis is used to produce protein hydrolysates from animal- and plant-based sources, which are widely utilized in industry due to their nutritional, functional, and b...
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2026
other
Lipids are essential for crustacean reproduction, supporting broodstock growth and ovarian development. However, studies of n-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids (HUFAs), particularly...
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PMID: 41550908
DOI: 10.1155/anu/3205583
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2026
other
Illicit drug use remains a global concern, requiring effective detection methods to counter evolving concealment strategies. Natural drugs derived from plants typically retain dist...
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PMID: 41388978
DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202500144
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2026
other
22 Cabernet Sauvignon wines from 10 representative Chinese wine regions are collected, which wines contain plant aromas? GC × GC-QTOFMS/O analysis identified a total of 11 compound...
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2026
pharmacology
<i>Ferula violacea</i> Korovin, an endemic Tajikistani plant with purported medicinal properties, remains understudied. This study employs untargeted metabolomics to characterize t...
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PMID: 41799750
DOI: 10.1002/pld3.70123
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2026
sensory panel
Understanding the flavor properties of Aotearoa-New Zealand native plants is essential for their successful incorporation into foods and beverages. This study characterized the fla...
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2026
sensory panel
This study aimed at developing an integrated metabolomics and machine learning (ML) framework to identify robust chemical markers of Tuscan VOO authenticity while minimizing the co...
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2026
gc ms
Artemisia argyi Levl. et Vant., a traditional Chinese medicinal herb, is highly regarded for its therapeutic properties, including antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and...
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2026
gc ms
<b>Background/Objectives</b>: This study aimed to investigate the phytochemical composition, antioxidant capacity, and anticancer potential of methanol and ethanol extracts of <i>L...
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PMID: 41901183
DOI: 10.3390/nu18061008
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2026
other
The study aimed to evaluate the in vivo effects of the addition of lavender essential oil (LEO) immobilized in alginate hydrogel administered during the first period of rearing on...
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2026
gc ms
<h4>Background</h4>Crinum asiaticum L. is an important reservoir of phytocompounds containing galanthamine, lycorine, tazettine and others with diverse pharmacological uses. Due to...
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2026
gc ms
<h4>Background</h4>Nematodes communicate via diverse sex pheromones, including long-range volatile signals, short-range chemical cues, and contact-dependent molecules. While the as...
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2026
other
The interaction between the genome and the exposome is increasingly recognized as central to human health and disease. While exposome research has generally focused on adverse expo...
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2026
gc ms
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a major challenge in treating infections such as pneumonia and typhoid fever, necessitating novel therapeutics. Plant-derived natural products...
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2026
gc ms
Charcoal grilling emits substantial polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), yet exposure assessment is complicated by challenging short-duration smoke sampling. We quantified PAHs...
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2026
gc ms
The quality of different coffee varieties varies, and the corresponding bioactive value of coffee processing byproducts is often overlooked. For that, we employed HPLC, GC-MS, and...
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PMID: 41596868
DOI: 10.3390/foods15020269
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2026
Brazilian journal of biology = Revista brasleira de biologia
other
The preservation of Coffea arabica L. seeds is essential to obtain vigorous and healthy seedlings, but there are no registered fungicides for their phytosanitary treatment during t...
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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.