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
Carbohydrate polymers
gc ms
Polysaccharides were the key ingredients of many herbal medicines, and were responsible for multiple pharmacological activities. In this study, a novel polysaccharide fraction, nam...
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2023
gc ms
<h4>Background</h4>Fish oil is one of the most common lipidic substances that is consumed as a dietary supplement. The high omega-3 fatty acid content in fish oil is responsible fo...
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PMID: 36981119
DOI: 10.3390/foods12061193
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2023
aroma analysis
Fermented foods from different raw materials (fruits, cereals, milk, etc [...].
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PMID: 37835288
DOI: 10.3390/foods12193635
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2023
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
gc ms
Since certain constituents are not naturally present in pure fruit juices, incorporating herbal extracts can provide specific sensory properties to the beverages and improve their...
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2023
PeerJ
other
Drought is one of the major constraints to global crop production. A number of sustainable systems have focused on the development of environmentally friendly innovative biotechnol...
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PMID: 37009155
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.15126
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2023
BMC microbiology
gc ms
BACKGROUND: Although the mechanism of action of nanoemulsion is still unclear, the modern use of nanoemulsions made from natural extracts as antimicrobial and anti-aflatoxigenic ag...
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2023
Critical reviews in food science and nutrition
other
This systematic review and meta-analysis quantified the effects of various vegetable oil-based nanoemulsion (NE) formulations on muscle foods' microbial and chemical quality by est...
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2023
aroma analysis
This study aimed to determine the effects of fat type (sheep tail fat (STF) and beef fat (BF)), fat levels (10, 20, or 30%), and cooking time (0, 2, 4, and 6 min, dry heat cooking...
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PMID: 37569103
DOI: 10.3390/foods12152834
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2023
other
It is long known that the nervous system of vertebrates can be shaped by internal and external factors. On the other hand, the nervous system of insects was long assumed to be ster...
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2023
pharmacology
Glucosinolates are a group of thioglucosides that belong to the class of plant nitrogen-containing natural products. So far, very little biological activity has been associated wit...
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2023
gc ms
Rutabaga, also known as swede and scientifically classified as <i>Brassica napus napobrassica</i>, is a biennial edible root vegetable that belongs to the <i>Brassica</i> genus and...
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2023
Cell reports
other
Odor-based learning and innate odor-driven behavior have been hypothesized to require separate neuronal circuitry. Contrary to this notion, innate behavior and olfactory learning w...
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2023
pharmacology
Sweet rowanberry and its cultivars represent a less-known fruit species with significant antioxidant activity, mostly promoted by polyphenolic compounds. This paper examined seven...
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2023
other
The resurgence of mead, a honey-based fermented beverage, is attributed to the increasing consumption of fermented foods and beverages, driven by its distinct flavors and perceived...
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2023
Journal of the science of food and agriculture
aroma analysis
BACKGROUND: The application of high-power ultrasound (US) has been studied extensively to obtain value-added red wines using short maceration times. It is a technique of wide inter...
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2023
Grasas y Aceites
aroma analysis
In this study, cold-pressed rosehip seed oil was fully characterized. Acidity and oxidation levels were near the limit values or slightly exceeded them and improvement in the stora...
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2023
other
An experiment for the upper-level biochemistry laboratory is described in which students isolate a wild yeast from environmental sources and characterize the strain for its potenti...
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2023
sensory panel
The so-called "craft beer revolution" has increased the demand for new styles of beers, often with new ingredients like flavour extracts. In recent years, synthetic biology has rea...
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2023
Food chemistry
gc ms
A novel bioactive polysaccharopeptide (C1) and polysaccharide (C2) with an average molecular weight of 180 kDa and 70 kDa were isolated from R. rugosa pseudofruit. The composition...
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2023
gc ms
Chromatic variation was examined for its association with flour composition and quality. Carob samples from variable altitudes and genetic backgrounds were milled and assessed for...
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PMID: 37444294
DOI: 10.3390/foods12132556
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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.