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
Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)
gc ms
Two Helichrysum italicum extracts, OPT-1 (rich in phenolic acids) and OPT-2 (rich in total phenols and flavonoids), were prepared using hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HP-β-CD)-assis...
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2023
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
aeda
The metabolites entering the bloodstream and being excreted in urine as a result of consuming golden berries are currently unidentified. However, these metabolites potentially unde...
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2023
Plants (Basel, Switzerland)
other
Ginger (Zingiber officinale) has unique medicinal value and can be used to treat colds and cold-related diseases. The chemical composition and antibacterial activity of ginger esse...
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2023
gc ms
Essential oils (EOs) and their vapour phase of <i>Curcuma longa</i> (Zingiberaceae), <i>Cymbopogon citratus</i> (Poaceae), <i>Ocimum campechianum</i> (Lamiaceae), and <i>Zingiber o...
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2023
gc ms
Alzheimer's disease is a global health problem due to the scarcity of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors, the basis for symptomatic treatment of this disease; this requires new approa...
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2023
gc ms
<b>Introduction:</b> <i>Psidium cattleianum</i> Sabine is a Brazilian native shrub cultivated for its edible fruit araçá (strawberry guava). <i>P. cattleianum</i> is recognized for...
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2023
gc ms
<i>Trichoderma</i> spp. produce multiple bioactive volatile organic compounds (VOCs). While the bioactivity of VOCs from different <i>Trichoderma</i> species is well documented, in...
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PMID: 36836354
DOI: 10.3390/jof9020238
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2023
other
<i>Varroa destructor</i> is currently considered the parasite that causes the greatest damage and economic losses to honeybee farms. Its presence is often associated with that of v...
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PMID: 38200800
DOI: 10.3390/ani14010069
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2023
other
Abstract ‘Chinese Cling’ is an important founder in peach breeding history due to the pleasant flavor. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) combined with genomic selection are pr...
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PMID: 37577398
DOI: 10.1093/hr/uhad117
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2023
Planta medica
gc ms
The two types of oregano used by the inhabitants of the villages of Μount Belles (GR1260001), the "white" oregano with white flowers and "black" oregano with purple flowers, were s...
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2023
Food science & nutrition
gc ms
The current study aimed to investigate the antiradical and antibacterial potential of pure and its nanoemulsified (NNE) Nepeta pogonosperma essential oil (PNE). Antimicrobial activ...
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PMID: 37051348
DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.3210
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2023
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry
other
Bisabolene is a bioactive sesquiterpene with a wide range of applications in food, cosmetics, medicine, and aviation fuels. Microbial production offers a green, efficient, and sust...
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2023
gc ms
Ironwort (<i>Sideritis montana</i> L.), mountain germander (<i>Teucrium montanum</i> L.), wall germander (<i>Teucrium chamaedrys</i> L.), and horehound (<i>Marrubium peregrinum</i>...
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2023
MS-Editions
other
Bauhinia genus comprises 300 diferent species distributed in tropical and subtropical forests. Infusions of some species have been frequently used in folk medicine to treat several...
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2023
gc ms
Aroma has a crucial role in assessing the quality of fresh fruit and its processed versions, which serve as reliable indications for advancing local cultivars in the mango industry...
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2023
Inflammopharmacology
gc ms
Phlomis olivieri Benth. is an aromatic plant endemic to Iran belonging to the Lamiaceae family. It is used to treat pain, stomach ache and common cold in Iranian traditional medici...
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2023
Plants (Basel, Switzerland)
gc ms
The volatile oils hydrodistilled from the aerial parts and roots of O. carduchorum C.C Towns. (Fabaceae) have been chemically characterized for the first time. A total of 43 consti...
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2023
aeda
<i>Prunus mume</i> is a traditional Chinese plant with high ornamental and application values due to its very early blooming and unique fragrance. Long-term breeding and cultivatio...
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2023
other
Chemical secretions are one of the main defensive mechanisms in insects. The osmeterium is a unique organ in larvae of Papilionidae (Lepidoptera), which is everted upon disturbance...
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2023
aroma analysis
Goldenrod (<i>Solidago virgaurea</i> L.) is considered for their medicinal properties for humans. These properties are attributed to some volatile compounds that can be extracted 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.