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
<i>Vitis vinifera</i> (<i>V. vinifera</i>) is a herbaceous plant, cultivated worldwide and known for its biological benefits. The aim of this study is the investigation of the chem...
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2022
sensory panel
BACKGROUND
Citrus juices can be cold-concentrated by crossflow microfiltration (CMF) in order to obtain functional foods enriched in carotenoids, flavonoids and pectins. The work a...
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2022
gc ms
<h4>Objective</h4>Medicinal plants and essentials oils are well known for diverse biological activities including antidiabetic potential. This study was designed to isolate essenti...
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PMID: 35096118
DOI: 10.1155/2022/7924171
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2022
gc ms
The purpose of this study was to determine the chemical composition, physical properties, enantiomeric composition and cholinesterase inhibitory activity of the essential oil (EO)...
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2022
pharmacology
Viral infections and outbreaks have become a major concern and are one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The development of successful antiviral therapeutics...
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2022
pharmacology
<i>Atta</i> and <i>Acromyrmex</i> are the main genera of leaf-cutting ants present in North and South America, causing extensive damage to agroforestry. Control of the ants require...
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2022
gc ms
Essential oils were extracted from dark-purple, red and yellow petals of <i>Paeonia delavayi</i> using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide method. The compositions of essential oils were...
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2022
gc ms
There is an increased demand for natural products like propolis, yet little information is available about the chemical composition of African propolis and its bio-functional prope...
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PMID: 35911197
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.211214
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2022
other
Latin America is a multicultural region with ancient traditional medicine. There is extensive knowledge of the use of medicinal plants for wound healing in this region. Nevertheles...
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PMID: 36145316
DOI: 10.3390/ph15091095
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2022
NPJ science of food
gc ms
This study mainly studied sensory and metabolite migration from the skin to the soup in the boiling process of tilapia skin using content analysis, electronic nose technique, elect...
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2022
other
Many filamentous fungi are known to produce several secondary metabolites or bioactive compounds during their growth and reproduction with sort of various biological activities. Ge...
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2022
gc ms
<i>Opisthopappus longilobus</i>, which is a unique wild plant resource in China, produces leaves and flowers with distinct aromas. However, there have been relatively few molecular...
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2022
other
BACKGROUND
Z. bungeanum essential oil (ZBEO) is a popular seasoning and commonly applied in food industries. ZBEO contains many easily degraded bioactive substances with high volat...
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2022
gc ms
In response to the need for novel therapeutic strategies to combat the development of microbial resistance, plant essential oils may represent a promising alternative source. This...
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2022
other
This study aimed to investigate the chemical composition as well as the antibacterial, antiparasitic, and cytotoxic potentialities of the Brazilian <i>Chrysopogon zizanioides</i> r...
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PMID: 36015115
DOI: 10.3390/ph15080967
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2022
other
Coffee is a very popular beverage worldwide. However, its composition and characteristics are affected by a number of factors, such as geographical and botanical origin, harvesting...
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2022
other
Adventitious roots (ARs) have an unmatched status in plant growth and metabolism due to the degeneration of primary roots in lotuses. In the present study, we sought to assess the...
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PMID: 35216366
DOI: 10.3390/ijms23042250
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2022
gc ms
<i>Teucrium</i> species that belong to the family Lamiaceae have been traditionally used for their medicinal properties. <i>T. polium</i> is one the most widespread members of the...
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PMID: 38143885
DOI: 10.3906/kim-2107-13
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2022
other
Essential oils have been used by indigenous peoples for medicinal purposes since ancient times. Their easy availability played an important role. Even today, essential oils are use...
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2022
other
Numerous plant-based repellents are widely used for personal protection against host-seeking mosquitoes. <i>Vitiveria zizanioides</i> (L.) Nash essential oil and its constituents h...
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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.