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
gc ms
<h4>Introduction</h4>Menthol, through its cooling and pleasant sensory effects, facilitates smoking and tobacco product initiation, resulting in the high popularity of mint/menthol...
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PMID: 35167696
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntac046
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2022
gc ms
Fruit plants produce various volatile compounds that emit distinct aroma characteristics and contribute to their flavor qualities. However, some of these substances, especially hyd...
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2022
aeda
ABSTRACT Ginger is widely used as either a food product or a herbal medicine around the globe. In the current study, we used headspace solid-phase microextraction and gas chromatog...
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2022
gc ms
Long-term UV radiation exposure can induce skin disorders such as cancer and photoallergic reactions. Natural products have been considered as non-irritate and potential sunscreen...
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PMID: 36286140
DOI: 10.3390/gels8100639
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2022
'IntechOpen'
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Grape and Wine is a collective book composed of 18 chapters that address different issues related to the technological and biotechnological management of vineyards and winemaking....
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2022
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In this study, we aimed to apply an untargeted LC/QTOF-MS analysis for the identification of compounds that positively and negatively affect the acceptance of coffee beverages from...
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PMID: 35159623
DOI: 10.3390/foods11030473
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2022
aroma analysis
Volatile flavor compounds determine the holistic, unique, sensory characteristic of fermented food. The characteristic volatiles across the fermentation process of Dongbei Suancai...
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2022
other
Plant-derived essential oils (EOs) represent a green alternative to conventional antimicrobial agents in food preservation. Due to their volatility and instability, their applicati...
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PMID: 35012189
DOI: 10.3390/polym14010166
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2022
other
Although a trace amount of Fe<sup>3+</sup> is essential for human physiological function, excessive amounts are lethal. Here, we present a protocol for removing Fe<sup>3+</sup> fro...
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2022
other
<i>Harmonia axyridis</i> is an important natural enemy that consumes many agricultural and forestry pests. It relies on a sensitive olfactory system to find prey and mates. Odorant...
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2022
gc ms
The present study explored chemical constituents of <i>Scutellaria edelbergii</i> essential oils (SEEO) for the first time, extracted through hydro-distillation, and screened them...
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2022
aeda
The aroma profile of sun-dried black tea (SBT) was identified by headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) coupled with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and gas c...
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PMID: 35741938
DOI: 10.3390/foods11121740
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2022
NeuroImmune pharmacology and therapeutics
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most prevalent neurodegenerative disease and this study underlines the significance of a small molecule glyceryl tribenzoate (GTB), a FDA app...
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2022
aroma analysis
The objective of this study was to characterize and compare the dry-aging flavor precursors and their liberation mechanisms in beef aged with different methods. Thirteen paired loi...
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2022
gc ms
The treatment of postharvest wastes is an integral part of the food value chain. Therefore, Ocimum basilicum L. residues were dried in an oven and a microwave. Volatiles were extra...
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2022
other
<h4>Background</h4>The subcontinent is famous for its variety of seasonal foods cooked in vegetable seed cooking oils at elevated heating. Oils are often of poor quality that effec...
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2022
Universidad de Córdoba
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The biotic interaction between plants and endophytic fungi strengthens the adaptive capacity of the hosts against environmental disturbances, and confers nutrition and protection b...
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2022
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Drying involves removing moisture from food. Therefore, to preserve the phenolic and bioactive compounds such as curcumin, dimethoxy curcumin and bisdemethoxi curcumin, etc., an ef...
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2022
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Turmeric is a challenging crop to dry because of its heat sensitive volatile content and browning characteristics. In this study, a pilot scale biomass fired rotary drum dryer was...
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2022
Shokuhin eiseigaku zasshi. Journal of the Food Hygienic Society of Japan
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A novel method was developed for quantification of bisacuron (BC) and dehydrozingerone (DZ), the functional component of turmeric (Curcuma longa.L)-containing foods, using a relati...
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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.