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
other
Schistosomiasis is caused by the parasite <i>Schistosoma mansoni</i>, which uses mollusks of the <i>Biomphalaria</i> genus as intermediate hosts. In 2020, approximately 241 million...
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2023
pharmacology
Polycyclic musk compounds are commonly used in personal care products to replace expensive natural fragrances. Due to their huge consumption, they have become a part of the aquatic...
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2023
other
Glitter particles are considered a model of microplastics, which are used in a wide range of products. In this study, we evaluated the toxicity of two types of glitter (green and w...
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2023
aroma analysis
Turkish White Cheese is a brined (or pickled) cheese with a salty, acidic flavor and a soft or semi-hard texture. It is the most produced and consumed type of cheese in Turkey. The...
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2023
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
gc ms
Roasting is an important operation to produce attractive colors and distinctive flavors during the production of sesame oil. To investigate the contributions of macromolecules to t...
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2023
other
Environmental concerns, among other causes, are leading to meat replacement in the diet by healthy, nutritious, and tasty foods. Alternative protein sources of plant origin can be...
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PMID: 37761169
DOI: 10.3390/foods12183460
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2023
other
Redclaw crayfish (<i>Cherax quadricarinatus</i>) was introduced to China many years ago. In recent years, a breeding boom for <i>C. quadricarinatus</i> has been set off in China du...
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2023
other
Eugenol is a widely used fishery anesthetic. This study investigated the effects of various concentrations of eugenol on blood physiological and biochemical indexes, and muscle fla...
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PMID: 37569088
DOI: 10.3390/foods12152820
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2023
pharmacology
In this study, the effects of Coriandrum sativum to control Aeromonas veronii infection in Oreochromis niloticus were determined. Coriandrum sativum extract (CE) was tested in vitr...
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2023
other
Both the fruit flesh and seeds of sea buckthorn have multiple uses for medicinal and culinary purposes, including the valuable market for supplementary health foods. Bioactive comp...
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PMID: 38136942
DOI: 10.3390/genes14122120
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2023
Beverages
gc ms
New product development for distilled spirits frequently involves experimental trials at the laboratory scale that attempt to replicate industrial-scale production processes. This...
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2023
gc ms
Mentha × piperita is an important aromatic plant in the Lamiaceae family with great industrial potential. In the first study, the research aimed to explore the potential of supercr...
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2023
aeda
Bread presents one of the easiest opportunities as a food vehicle for delivery of nutritional and health-promoting benefits to large segments of the world population. However, its...
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2023
Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry
gc ms
Longgang soy sauce is one of the traditional fermented condiments in China, but its bacterial community succession and its unique flavor development during the fermentation process...
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2023
Foods
sensory panel
The present study shows the set of analyses conducted during the development of a hot chili pepper sauce to valorize green peppers usually discarded in the Espelette region (France...
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2023
other
Beer is one of the oldest and most common beverages worldwide. The phenolic contents and antioxidant properties of beer are crucial factors in evaluating its nutritional quality. S...
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2023
sensory panel
Kamchatka berry (<i>Lonicera caerulea</i> var. <i>kamtschatica</i>) and haskap (<i>Lonicera caerulea</i> var. <i>emphyllocalyx</i>) fruit are important sources of bioactive compoun...
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2023
Journal of natural products
other
Botanical ingredients are used widely in phytomedicines, dietary/food supplements, functional foods, and cosmetics. Products containing botanical ingredients are popular among many...
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2023
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
other
Currently, numerous attempts are made to increase the perceived saltiness of food without adding more NaCl. In the present study, a method based on a reminder design and signal det...
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2023
Food chemistry
other
Health concerns related to excessive salt consumption have increased the demand for foods with reduced salt content. However, it is a challenge to perform low salt fermentation of...
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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.