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Peer-Reviewed Research Database

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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.

44,648
Papers indexed
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Ingredients cited ⓘ
5,240
Compounds indexed
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2023 The Science of the total environment other

Characteristics and sources of ambient Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) at a regional background site, YRD region, China: Significant influence of solvent evaporation during hot months.

Continuous measurement of 98 volatile organic compounds (VOCs) was conducted during 2017-2019 at a regional background site (Shanxi) located at northeast of Zhejiang Province, YRD... Read full abstract on PubMed →

2023 aeda

Comparative Analysis of Key Odorants and Aroma Characteristics in Hot-Pressed Yellow Horn (Xanthoceras sorbifolia bunge) Seed Oil Via Gas Chromatography–Ion Mobility Spectrometry and Gas Chromatography–Olfactory-Mass Spectrometry

Volatile compounds (VOCs) present in the oil extracted from yellow horn seeds were first analyzed using GC-IMS and GC-O-MS at varying roasting temperatures. A total of 97 VOCs were... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 37685109 DOI: 10.3390/foods12173174 Full text on PMC
2023 gc ms

Exploring the Medicinal Potential of <i>Achillea grandifolia</i> in Greek Wild-Growing Populations: Characterization of Volatile Compounds, Anti-Inflammatory and Antioxidant Activities of Leaves and Inflorescences.

Various species of the genus <i>Achillea</i> L. (Asteraceae) are traditionally used worldwide for wound healing against diarrhea, flatulence, and abdominal pains, as diuretic and e... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 36771695 DOI: 10.3390/plants12030613 Full text on PMC

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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.