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
sensory panel
Douchi is a traditional fermented soya bean product that is popular for its smelled saltiness and unique flavor. In order to look for the relationship between smelled saltiness of...
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PMID: 35954027
DOI: 10.3390/foods11152260
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2022
aeda
<h4>Introduction</h4><i>Crataegi</i> fructus (CF) is an edible and medicinal functional food used worldwide that enhances digestion if consumed in the roasted form. The odour of CF...
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2022
gc ms
Jatropha, a popular biodiesel crop, suffers severe losses due to <i>Jatropha leaf curl Gujarat virus</i> (JLCuGV) infection in Gujarat (India). Metabolite profiling can help to und...
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2022
other
In this study, an investigation of the microbial community structure and chemical changes in different layers of a static coffee beans fermentation tank (named self-induced anaerob...
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PMID: 36613253
DOI: 10.3390/foods12010037
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2022
aeda
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most revalent type of cancer in the world and the second most common cause of cancer death (about 1 million per year). Historically, natural co...
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2022
gc ms
Third-hand smoke (THS) is a persistent mixture generated from aged second-hand smoke (SHS) that accumulates in indoor environments and reemits into the air. This work evaluates the...
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2022
Journal of food science
aroma analysis
The quality of the coffee beverage is related to the chemical, physical, and sensory attributes of the coffee beans that vary with the geographic location of the crop, genetic fact...
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2022
sensory panel
In order to find an efficient, economical and feasible method for soft ripening storage of kiwifruit, two softening methods (on-vine, cold) were utilized for the 'Ganlv-2' kiwifrui...
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PMID: 36140991
DOI: 10.3390/foods11182860
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2022
gc ms
<h4>Objective</h4>Plants are valuable sources of new pharmaceuticals. Secondary metabolites of the genus Erythrophleum exhibit cytotoxicity and may have therapeutic value. The cyto...
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2022
Frontiers in Nutrition
other
A long experiment has been established since 2000 at CATIE (Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center), Turrialba, Costa Rica. Twenty agro-forestry systems with di...
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2022
gc ms
Fire-induced alterations to soil pH and organic matter play an important role in the post-fire microbial response. However, the magnitude of which each parameter affects this respo...
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2022
gc ms
The dinoflagellate <i>Prorocentrum cordatum</i>, often called <i>P. minimum</i>, is a potentially toxic alga found in algal blooms. Volatile compounds released by the alga might ca...
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PMID: 35736174
DOI: 10.3390/md20060371
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2022
gc ms
Currently, there are no particularly effective biomarkers to distinguish between latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) and active pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and evaluate the outco...
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2022
other
The soy beverage is a healthy product rich in plant protein; however, its unpleasant flavor affects consumer acceptance. The aim of this study was to determine the feasibility of u...
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PMID: 35159425
DOI: 10.3390/foods11030272
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2022
European Food Research and Technology
other
Liquid smoke food flavouring is an alternative to traditional food smoking. Ageing treatment of liquid smoke can remove tar to improve a consistent sensory experience but tradition...
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2022
aroma analysis
The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of glycation on physicochemical properties and volatile flavor characteristics of silver carp mince (SCM). The changes in the de...
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2022
gc ms
<i>Boerhavia diffusa</i> L. Nyctanginaceae (<i>B. diffusa</i>) is a medicinal herb commonly considered as a weed. The exploration of phytochemicals in different parts of <i>B. diff...
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2022
gc ms
Coffee, one of the most popular beverages in the world, attracts consumers by its rich aroma and the stimulating effect of caffeine. Increasing consumers prefer decaffeinated coffe...
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2022
other
Starch-guest inclusion complexes (ICs) are a novel, clean-label flavor encapsulation system with the potential to improve stability of aroma volatiles. While amylase has been shown...
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2022
other
<i>Sitophilus zeamais</i> is a primary pest of maize. Our aim was to perform a qualitative review and meta-analyses with 56 scientific articles published from 1 January 2000 to 1 O...
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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.