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
Food chemistry
other
Mentha spicata L. disappears in winter. The lack of fresh mint during the cold season can be a limiting factor for the preparation of mint tea. A fresh taste source that can be kep...
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2022
International journal of endocrinology
pharmacology
Succinic acid (SA) and oleic acid (OA) are the primary hypoglycaemic agents in Desmodium canum, a plant traditionally employed for its potential health benefits. The synergy of the...
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PMID: 35265127
DOI: 10.1155/2022/8744964
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2022
RSC advances
other
Nonionic lactose fatty acid esters are a class of synthetic biosurfactants with various uses in the food, pharmaceutical, personal care, and cosmetic industries. The objective of t...
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PMID: 36425678
DOI: 10.1039/d2ra06958j
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2022
pharmacology
Antibiotic resistance is becoming a burning issue due to the frequent use of antibiotics for curing common bacterial infections, indicating that we are running out of effective ant...
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PMID: 35205918
DOI: 10.3390/jof8020164
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2022
other
Pepper (Piper nigrum L.) is a commodity that is quite important in Indonesia, both in terms of agribusiness and agro-industry aspects. From the aspect of agribusiness or cultivatio...
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2022
aroma analysis
Pickled chili pepper (Capsicum frutescens L.), a traditional Chinese fermented vegetable product, is favored by consumers because of its unique flavor. Microbial succession is the...
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2022
aeda
Black pepper ( Piper nigrum L.) is an important healthy food owing to its antioxidant, antimicrobial potential and gastro-protective modules. Black pepper, with piperine as an acti...
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2022
other
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2022
other
Summary The quality of black pepper (Piper nigrum L.), the ’king of spices’, is largely dependent on the postharvest handling and processing methods. Pungency and aroma are the mos...
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2022
other
Pollution-induced environmental deterioration is one of the serious aspects that must be solved. As a result, biodiesel was made from a novel material (Parsley seed oil) through an...
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2022
other
Lipoxygenases (LOXs) catalyze the insertion of molecular oxygen into polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) such as linoleic and linolenic acids, being the first step in the biosynthes...
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PMID: 36499530
DOI: 10.3390/ijms232315211
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2022
other
Consumers' demands for low-processed and healthier food products led to a search for alternatives to replace or reduce synthetic food additives with natural ones. Aromatic plant de...
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2022
aroma analysis
Background To evaluate the usefulness of fresh onion ( Allium cepa L.) leaves, a food waste, as a new food resource, we characterized the taste characteristics, volatile compounds,...
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2022
gc ms
It is of interest to evaluate the secondary metabolites using high performance thin layer chromatography (HPTLC) finger printing and Gas chromatography-Mass spectroscopy (GC-MS) in...
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2022
other
A general rhodium-catalyzed selective carbonylative coupling of unactivated alkyl chlorides with aliphatic alcohols or phenols to the corresponding esters is presented for the firs...
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PMID: 36507181
DOI: 10.1039/d2sc04103k
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2022
Theory and practice of meat processing
other
L‑glutaminase (L‑glutamine amidohydrolase EC3.5.1.2) is the key enzyme in enhancing the taste and aroma of oriental fermented foods by increasing their glutamic acid content and as...
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2022
gc ms
<i>Aphis craccivora</i> Koch is a polyphagous and major pest of leguminous crops causing significant damage by reducing the yield. Repeated application of synthetic insecticides fo...
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2022
gc ms
Contamination is a leading cause of corrosion, foaming, and amine-absorption capacity limitation, predominantly foaming. There is currently an urgent need to identify the sources o...
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2022
other
Leafy vegetables are used in various cuisines worldwide; however, as they cannot be peeled and their leaf surface area is large, the risk of retaining pesticide residues on these v...
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PMID: 36141043
DOI: 10.3390/foods11182916
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2022
pharmacology
Efficient methods for callus induction and the high-frequency plant regeneration of <i>Ruta chalepensis</i> L. were established, and the phytochemical potential and antioxidant act...
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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.