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
In the present study, preliminary phytochemical investigations were performed on the fruit essential oil and antioxidant-rich methanolic extracts of the fruits and roots of <i>Feru...
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2023
other
The adoption of suitable irrigation levels (IRL), humic acid doses (HAD) and soil mulching (SM) are important tools for improving the morpho-physiological and biochemical traits of...
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2023
gc ms
The aim of this study was to evaluate the antibacterial activity of nanoemulsions of <i>Baccharis dracunculifolia</i> essential oil. The volatile compounds of the essential oil wer...
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2023
Phytochemistry
gc ms
The hop plant (Humulus lupulus L.) has been exploited for a long time for both its brewing and medicinal uses, due in particular to its specific chemical composition. These last ye...
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2023
Environmental science and pollution research international
aroma analysis
Carbon nanotubes are among the elicitors that have different effects on plants. Basil as a useful and valuable plant has significant medicinal properties; The aim of this research...
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2023
other
Terpenoids constitute a structurally diverse class of secondary metabolites with wide applications in the pharmaceutical, fragrance and flavor industries. <i>Desarmillaria tabescen...
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PMID: 37108935
DOI: 10.3390/jof9040481
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2023
other
The liverwort <i>Jungermannia exsertifolia</i> is one of the oldest terrestrial plants and rich in structurally specific sesquiterpenes. There are several sesquiterpene synthases (...
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2023
other
Sesquiterpenes are a type of abundant natural product with widespread applications in several industries. They are biosynthesized by sesquiterpene synthases (STSs). As valuable and...
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PMID: 37888273
DOI: 10.3390/jof9101017
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2023
gc ms
The study of the essential oil (EO) from aerial parts (stems and leaves) of <i>Valeriana microphylla</i> Kunth (Valerianaceae), collected from the Saraguro community in the souther...
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2023
gc ms
The chemical composition and aroma profile of industrial essential oils (EOs) from species of rose grown in China, including the native Kushui rose (<i>R. sertata</i> × <i>R. rugos...
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2023
gc ms
There are high mortality and morbidity rates from poisonous snakebites globally. Many medicinal plants are locally used for snakebite treatment in Uganda. This study aimed to deter...
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2023
gc ms
The changes in the texture and flavor of lotus root were determined before and after boiling, steaming and frying. Compared to fresh lotus root, all three kinds of cooking decrease...
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PMID: 37238831
DOI: 10.3390/foods12102012
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2023
gc ms
The present study describes the chemical and enantiomeric composition of a new essential oil, distilled from the dry leaves of <i>Gynoxys buxifolia</i> (Kunth) Cass. The chemical a...
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2023
gc ms
<i>Ocimum basilicum Linn.</i> (basil) is an aromatic culinary herb that has shown a great potential in therapeutic world. It has many promising pharmacological activities that make...
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2023
gc ms
<i>Beauveria bassiana</i> is a dimorphic and entomopathogenic fungus with different ecological roles in nature. In pathogenic fungi, yeast-to-mycelial conversion, which is controll...
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PMID: 38132736
DOI: 10.3390/jof9121135
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2023
aroma analysis
This study was conducted to determine the differences in the chemical composition of the essential oils and hydrosols of six different <i>Veronica</i> species (<i>V. agrestis</i>,...
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2023
aroma analysis
Electronic nose (E-nose) technology is frequently attempted to simulate the human olfactory system to recognize complex odors. Metal oxide semiconductors (MOSs) are E-noses' most p...
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2023
Food chemistry
other
Brown rice exhibits higher nutritional value and attracts more and more attentions; however, lipid alteration in brown rice during aging is poorly understood. In this study, lipido...
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2023
Plants (Basel, Switzerland)
gc ms
Ageratina dendroides is an aromatic species native to Ecuador. In this study, the chemical composition, enantiomeric distribution, and antifungal, antibacterial, antioxidant, and a...
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2023
gc ms
Mosquitoes are one of the main vectors of many important diseases and their degree of resistance to chemical insecticides has increased. Nowadays, it has become crucial to identify...
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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.