Peer-Reviewed Research Database
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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>Zizyphus lotus</i> L. is a perennial shrub particularly used in Algerian folk medicine, but little is known concerning the lipophilic compounds in the most frequently used parts...
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2022
pharmacology
Fungal infections of cultivated food crops result in extensive losses of crops at the global level, while resistance to antifungal agents continues to grow. Supercritical fluid ext...
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2022
pharmacology
Many people in developing countries rely primarily on medicinal plants as their main source of healthcare, particularly for the treatment of skin infections. Despite the widespread...
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PMID: 35186343
DOI: 10.1155/2022/5793436
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2022
other
Physicochemical changes in fermented alcoholic beverages are significantly related to microbial community development during fermentation. Due to its unusually long fermentation, <...
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PMID: 36076792
DOI: 10.3390/foods11172604
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2022
other
<i>Lacticaseibacillus paracasei</i> SP5, isolated from kefir, was assessed as a starter culture for sourdough bread making in freeze-dried form, both free (BSP5 bread) and immobili...
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PMID: 37430975
DOI: 10.3390/foods11203226
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2022
sensory panel
The volatile compounds and sensory profiles of 18 different types of distilled <i>soju</i>, chosen with regard to various raw materials and distillation methods (atmospheric vs. va...
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2022
other
In this work, we aimed to study the chemical composition of the essential oils from bulbs and leaves of two cultivars of Allium sativum L. and two of A. ampeloprasum L. var. holmen...
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PMID: 35407082
DOI: 10.3390/foods11070995
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2022
other
<h4>Background</h4>Using genetically modified plants as natural dispensers of insect pheromones may eventually become part of a novel strategy for integrated pest management.<h4>Re...
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2022
pharmacology
The by-product resulting from the production of the sea-buckthorn (<i>Hippophae rhamnoides</i>) juice may be a functional food ingredient, being a valuable source of bioactive comp...
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PMID: 35159612
DOI: 10.3390/foods11030462
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2022
gc ms
The roots of Chrysopogon zizanioides (L.) Roberty, belonging to the Poaceae family, are the main source of volatile that has substantial value in perfume, cosmetics, pharmaceutical...
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2022
Frontiers in microbiology
gc ms
Peganum harmala L. is a perennial herb of the Tribulus family and its aerial parts and seeds can be used as medicine in the traditional medicine of China. However, the differences...
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2022
gc ms
Injury to the peripheral nerve may lead to deficits in nerve function. An increase in the levels of free radicals plays a role in inhibition of nerve regeneration following damage....
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PMID: 35251617
DOI: 10.3892/br.2022.1513
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2022
other
The co-fermentation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and ester-producing yeasts is considered to be an effective way to improve the flavor and quality of fruit wine. In this study, thre...
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PMID: 36429247
DOI: 10.3390/foods11223655
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2022
other
In the fight against mosquito-borne diseases, odour-based lures targeting gravid females represent a promising alternative to conventional tools for both reducing mosquito populati...
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2022
other
Dianthi herba (called "Qumai" in Chinese) is the dried aerial part of Dianthus superbus L. and Dianthus chinensis L. The species are mainly distributed in the temperate and warm te...
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2022
gc ms
People from some parts of the world traditionally depend on different herbal medicines for fertility regulation. The Mishing women of Assam, India have been using the dry root powd...
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2022
gc ms
The profiling of bacterial fatty acids is a well-established technique in identifying and classifying bacteria. Cultivation conditions may affect the biosynthesis, thereby, changin...
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2022
sensory panel
The study investigated the effects of high-pressure processing (HPP) (600 MPa/5 min), pasteurization (PT) (85 °C/30 s), and high-temperature short time (HTST) (110 °C/8.6 s) on phy...
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PMID: 35267265
DOI: 10.3390/foods11050632
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2022
other
This work developd nanomaterials formulated from annatto seed oily extract (ASE), myristic acid (tetradecanoic acid), and their fatty acid esters. The annatto seed oily extract was...
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2022
gc ms
<h4>Background</h4>The bacterial membrane plays a critical role in the survival of bacteria and the effectiveness of antimicrobial peptides in protecting the host. The lipid consti...
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PMID: 35734346
DOI: 10.1155/2022/6028045
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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.