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.
2022
Plants (Basel, Switzerland)
pharmacology
Kale sprouts contain health-promoting compounds that could be increased by applying plant nutrients or exogenous phytohormones during pre-harvest. The effects of selenium (Se), sul...
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2022
Horticulture research
other
The APETALA2/ETHYLENE RESPONSE FACTOR (AP2/ERF) transcription factors (TFs) are involved in the regulation of specialized terpenoid biosynthesis. However, the AP2/ERF TFs in Litsea...
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PMID: 35912071
DOI: 10.1093/hr/uhac093
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2022
Comprehensive reviews in food science and food safety
pharmacology
Spermidine, a natural autophagy inducer, has a variety of health effects, such as antitumor, antiaging, anti-inflammation, cardiovascular protection, and neuromodulation. It has be...
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2022
Bioresources and bioprocessing
other
1,3-Dihydroxyacetone (DHA) is a commercially important chemical and widely used in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and food industries as it prevents excessive water evaporation, and p...
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2022
Molecular metabolism
other
OBJECTIVE: Glycerol-3-phosphate (Gro3P) phosphatase (G3PP) hydrolyzes Gro3P to glycerol that exits the cell, thereby operating a "glycerol shunt", a metabolic pathway that we ident...
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2022
Pharmacological research
other
Phytochemicals have attracted attention in the oncological field because they are biologically friendly and have relevant pharmacological activities. Thanks to the intense and uniq...
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2022
ACS synthetic biology
other
Tyrosol is an aromatic compound with great value that is widely used in the food and pharmaceutical industry. In this study, we reported a synthetic pathway for converting p-coumar...
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2022
Applied Sciences
other
The blending of wine spirits (WSs) produced in different ageing conditions is a key
operation to impart specific features, enhance complexity, increase the final product’s quality...
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2022
Current drug discovery technologies
other
BACKGROUND: Prunella vulgaris , family Lamiaceae also known as self-heal, has been traditionally used as an expectorant, anti-inflammatory, anti-pyretic, and anti-rheumatic. Due to...
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2022
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
pharmacology
Benzylamine is a natural molecule present in food and edible plants, capable of activating hexose uptake and inhibiting lipolysis in human fat cells. These effects are dependent on...
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2022
Food & function
other
Exposure to toxins is a severe threat to human health and life in today's developing and industrialized world. Therefore, identifying a protective chemical could be valuable and fa...
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2022
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
gc ms
Opuntia ficus-indica (OFI) is a cactus that is widely cultivated in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia especially in the Taif region due to its favorable weather for growing, and it has b...
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2022
Archives of microbiology
gc ms
Chemical composition, antimicrobial, antioxidant, and cytotoxic properties of Actinidia arguta essential oil (AEO) were evaluated. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis ide...
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2022
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
aeda
The annual production of cocoa is approximately 4.7 million tons of cocoa beans, of which only 10% corresponds to the cocoa bean and the remaining value corresponds to a high numbe...
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2022
World journal of nephrology
other
Kidney disease (KD) is characterized by the presence of elevated oxidative stress, and this is postulated as contributing to the high cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in thes...
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PMID: 35733655
DOI: 10.5527/wjn.v11.i3.96
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2022
Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)
other
Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) is an essential micronutrient and fat-soluble antioxidant with proposed role in protecting tissues from uncontrolled lipid peroxidation. This vitamin h...
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2022
Plant biotechnology journal
aroma analysis
Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus) is one of the most popular ornamental flowers in the world. Although numerous studies on carnations exist, the underlying mechanisms of flower col...
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PMID: 35247284
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.13801
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2022
ChemSusChem
other
Mechanochemistry is a versatile methodology that can be employed both for covalent bond formation in organic synthesis as well as a mediator to allow preparation novel colloidal di...
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2022
Luminescence : the journal of biological and chemical luminescence
other
Nitrofurantoin (NFT), a typical highly effective nitrofuran antibiotic drug, has been prohibited but still widely found in animal food products. It can be metabolized in animals to...
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2022
ACS omega
pharmacology
Lepidium meyenii or Maca is widely cultivated as a health care food supplement due to its nutritional and medicinal properties. Although there are a few in-depth studies evaluating...
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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.