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
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
sensory panel
This study focused on characterizing the volatile profiles and contributing compounds in pan-fried steaks from different Chinese yellow cattle breeds. The volatile organic compound...
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2022
other
Shiitake mushroom, <i>Lentinula edodes</i>, is the second largest edible fungus in the world, with a characteristic aroma. 1,2,3,5,6-pentathioheterocycloheptane, commonly known as...
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PMID: 36553851
DOI: 10.3390/foods11244110
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2022
sensory panel
The use of essential oils in the world each year has increased with the increasing development of modern industries such as the perfume industry, cosmetics, food, aroma therapy and...
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2022
other
Nepeta rtanjensis Diklić et Milojević as an endemic and critically endangered plant in Serbia is the object of great scientific interest. N. rtanjensis is a rare plant of a limited...
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2022
gc ms
The liquefaction of <i>Citrus limetta</i> fruit waste (both pulp and peel) in a hydrogen-donor solvent has not been reported in the literature and authors considered the same as th...
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PMID: 36425707
DOI: 10.1039/d2ra06085j
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2022
gc ms
<title>Abstract</title> <p><italic>Dialium guineense</italic> has a long history of medicinal use. This study evaluated the chemical constituents of the fruits using Gas chromatog...
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2022
other
In this study, yeast, lactic acid bacteria, and acetic acid bacteria were isolated from traditional Chinese sourdough to enhance the organoleptic quality of whole wheat steamed bre...
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2022
gc ms
The biologically active components of the methanol extracts of <i>R. mucronata</i> were identified using GC/MS. The anticancer effects of each methanol extract from the leaves and...
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PMID: 36678500
DOI: 10.3390/ph16010004
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2022
other
How nitrogen (N) supply affects the induced defense of plants remains poorly understood. Here, we investigated the impacts of N supply on the defense induced in maize (<i>Zea mays<...
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PMID: 36142369
DOI: 10.3390/ijms231810457
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2022
Molecular immunology
pharmacology
IgG4 monoclonal antibody Dupilumab binds to the alpha chain (IL4R) of both types of the ligand-binding domains (IL4R/ IL13R1; equally IL4 and IL13 specific) of the IL-4 receptor. T...
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2022
aeda
Cancer is one of the major leading causes of death worldwide. Accumulating evidence suggests a strong relationship between specific dietary habits and cancer development. In recent...
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2022
pharmacology
Ginger is composed of multiple bioactive compounds, including 6-gingerol, 6-shogaol, 10-gingerol, gingerdiones, gingerdiols, paradols, 6-dehydrogingerols, 5-acetoxy-6-gingerol, 3,5...
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2022
aeda
<h4>Context</h4><i>Ocimum sanctum</i> Linn (Labiatae) (OS), <i>Zingiber officinale</i> Rose (Zingiberaceae) (ZO), and <i>Piper nigrum</i> Linn (Piperaceae) (PN) are used in traditi...
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2022
'MDPI AG'
other
The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of gamma irradiation, applied to different cheese sample sizes (250g and 500 g), against Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichi...
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2022
other
Cigar is made of a typical fermented tobacco where the microbiota inhabits within an alkaline environment. Our current understanding on cigar fermentation is far from thorough. Thi...
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2022
Journal of ethnopharmacology
other
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Osmanthus fragrans Lour., is a medicinal plant distributed widely in some Asian countries including Japan and Korea and southwestern China. It has b...
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2022
gc ms
Essential oils have attracted wide attention in recent years due to their extensive applications in natural functional ingredients, pharmaceutical preparations, biomedical products...
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2022
gc ms
In this work, we examined the influence of different soil amendments namely cow manure alone (Cm), cow manure plus fertilizer (Cm + F), fertilizer alone (F) and unamended check, co...
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2022
other
<i>Lavandula angustifolia</i> is one of the most widely cultivated non-food crops used in the production of essential oil; it is used in perfumery, aromatherapy, pharmaceutical pre...
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2022
gc ms
The current research was designed to explore the Blepharispermum hirtum Oliver (Asteraceae) stem and leaves essential oil (EO) composition extracted through hydro-distillation usin...
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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.