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>Objective</h4>In this work, we represented new non-cytotoxic treatments to avoid serious side effects of current used cytotoxic anticancer drugs. These treatments can compensat...
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2022
gc ms
The use of quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) as disinfectants has increased tremendously in the COVID-10 pandemic to inactivate Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus typ...
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2022
gc ms
Herbal medication developed from natural resources has to have antibacterial and antioxidant effects. The aim of this research is to look at the chemical makeup of <i>Solanecio gig...
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PMID: 35855890
DOI: 10.1155/2022/4900917
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2022
other
<i>Psidium guajava</i> L. (guava) is a small tree known for its fruit flavor that is cultivated almost around the globe in tropical areas. Its fruit is amazingly rich in antioxidan...
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2022
aroma analysis
Adaptive evolution under controlled laboratory conditions has been highly effective in selecting organisms with beneficial phenotypes such as stress tolerance. The evolution route...
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2022
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
other
A new theory suggests that flammable gases generated by heated vegetation, in particular the volatile organic compounds (VOC) common to Mediterranean plants, may, under certain top...
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PMID: 36081137
DOI: 10.3390/s22176677
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2022
Food Chemistry
gc ms
Vicia sativa (Common Vetch) is currently an underutilised leguminous crop species with high protein content and superior drought tolerance. This study aimed to understand the mecha...
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2022
other
Biogenic amines (BAs) occur in a wide variety of foodstuffs, mainly from the decomposition of proteins by the action of microorganisms. They are involved in several cellular functi...
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2022
Archives of microbiology
gc ms
The application of nematicidal microorganisms and their virulence factors provides more opportunities to control root-knot nematodes. Bacillus altitudinis AMCC 1040, previously iso...
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2022
pharmacology
Herbicide resistance due to the increasing reliance on herbicides is a near-term challenge for the world's agriculture. This has led to a desire to develop new herbicides with a no...
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2022
other
<i>Mentha</i> <i>piperita</i> L., which is an abundant source of essential oils (EO) and phenolic acids, is well known for its medicinal significance. The present research aimed to...
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2022
other
Mast cells (MCs) play key roles in IgE-mediated immunoresponses, including in the protection against parasitic infections and the onset and/or symptoms of allergic diseases. IgE-me...
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PMID: 35955959
DOI: 10.3390/ijms23158826
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2022
Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association
other
Mintlactone (chemical name 3,6-dimethyl-5,6,7,7a-tetrahydro-1-benzofuran-2(4H)-one, CAS Number 13341-72-5) is a fragrance and flavor ingredient with reported uses in many different...
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2022
other
Continuous flow technology is a key technology for sustainable manufacturing with numerous applications for the synthesis of fine chemicals. In recent years, the preparation of odo...
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PMID: 35859624
DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.18.76
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2022
other
Oriental Beauty, a deeply fermented variety of oolong tea, is famous for its fruity aroma and sweet taste. A targeted and untargeted metabolomics was used to comprehensively analyz...
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2022
Food chemistry: X
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Agroscope Culture Collection was screened to identify bacterial strains effective in production of dairy flavor inducing lactones using grapeseed oil as a substrate. Lentilactobaci...
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2022
gc ms
The development of functional fermented beverages enriched with γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) has been pursued because of the health benefits of GABA; however, few studies have descri...
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PMID: 35563926
DOI: 10.3390/foods11091202
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2022
other
The shelf life of fresh-cut fruits and vegetables is affected by microbial growth, enzymatic browning, and loss of flavor. Although ultrasound (US) treatment is often used in the p...
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2022
other
Food transition requires incorporating more plant-based ingredients in our diet, thus leading to the development of new plant-based products, such as yogurt alternatives (YAs). Thi...
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2022
gc ms
Aroma is an essential factor for meat quality. The meat of Japanese Black cattle exhibits fine marbling and a rich and sweet aroma with a characteristic lactone composition. The me...
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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.