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 this study; quality characteristics and volatile compounds of Starking Delicious, Amasya, Granny Smith, and Golden Delicious apple cultivars were determined. Granny Smith has th...
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2023
Critical reviews in food science and nutrition
aroma analysis
Plant-based food products have been receiving an astronomical amount of attention recently, and their demand will most likely soar in the future. However, their unpleasant, intrins...
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2023
Applied biochemistry and biotechnology
other
The phytochemical characteristics and antioxidant capacities of fermented apple juice (FAJ) by Lactobacillus plantarum 90 (Lp90) and Lactobacillus acidophilus 85 (La85) during refr...
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2023
Cognition
other
Human olfaction can be extraordinarily sensitive, and its most common assessment method is odor identification (OID), where everyday odors are matched to word labels in a multiple-...
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2023
sensory panel
Rice is one of the main staple foods of Chinese people and its quality requirements are also improving. Aroma is one of the evaluation factors of rice quality, rice with better aro...
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2023
gc ms
<i>Agastache rugosa</i>, otherwise called Korean mint, has a wide range of medicinal benefits. In addition, it is a rich source of several medicinally valuable compounds such as ac...
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PMID: 37109572
DOI: 10.3390/life13041042
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2023
gc ms
This study investigated the phytochemical content of alcoholic extracts and essential oil of a new variety of medicinal plants, Agastache foeniculum (Pursh), which Kuntze adapted f...
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PMID: 36614269
DOI: 10.3390/ijms24010828
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2023
gc ms
The quality of sea cucumber is closely associated with its processing technology. In this study, the response surface methodology (RSM) was employed to optimize the thermal process...
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2023
Carbohydrate polymers
other
A fully plant-based wall material, quinoa protein isolate-gum Arabic (QPI-GA) complex coacervate, was developed for stability improvement of different spice essential oils (EOs): S...
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2023
aroma analysis
Fish oil develops particular off-odors, mainly fishy odor, from the oxidation of its characteristic fatty acids, docosahexaenoic (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic (EPA). Anchovy oil (AO)...
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2023
aroma analysis
In this study, the flavor compounds of ivory shell (<i>Babylonia areolata</i>) and their changes caused by ammonia and salinity stresses were studied. Ammonia stress improved the c...
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PMID: 37685133
DOI: 10.3390/foods12173200
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2023
gc ms
Green plum is popular due to its tasty flavor and nutritional benefits. This study investigated the volatiles of oils extracted from the green plum seed using the headspace-gas chr...
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2023
aroma analysis
In the recent years, beer brewers are experimenting with using various substrates, other than traditional barley malt, water, hops, and yeast for beer production, because new adjun...
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2023
aroma analysis
Despite the many advantages of pulses, they are characterised by off-flavours that limit their consumption. Off-notes, bitterness and astringency contribute to negative perceptions...
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2023
gc ms
Ultrasound technique is one of the green technologies that is being utilized widely for varying food processes. Our aim in this study was to carry out ultrasonication, pasteurizati...
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2023
sensory panel
The variations in flavor substances across different varieties of steamed potatoes were determined by headspace-gas chromatography ion mobility spectrometry (HS-GC-IMS) combined wi...
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PMID: 37297496
DOI: 10.3390/foods12112252
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2023
Elsevier
other
Ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) has long been a popular ingredient in both medicinal and culinary settings. However, while ginger, and the related galangal, were once both popu...
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2023
aroma analysis
Pellicle formation is the most typical characteristic of deteriorating fermented vegetable products. <i>Perilla frutescens</i> essential oil (PEO) is widely used as a useful natura...
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PMID: 37107388
DOI: 10.3390/foods12081593
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2023
Chemistry & biodiversity
gc ms
Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm. was extensively used in traditional medicine for its several properties, but continuous investigation is needed to discover the propert...
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2023
International journal of biological macromolecules
other
The injury of vascular endothelial cells caused by high glucose (HG) is one of the driving factors of vascular complications of diabetes. Oral administration is the most common rou...
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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.