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
other
The challenge of improving the activity of TiO<sub>2</sub> by modifying it with metals and using it for targeted applications in microreactor environments is an active area of rese...
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2022
pharmacology
<i>Arctium lappa L.</i> is a prevalent medicinal herb and a health supplement that is commonly used in Asia. Over the last few decades, the bioactive component arctigenin has attra...
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2022
gc ms
Diabetes mellitus leads to cellular damage and causes apoptosis by oxidative stress. Heartwood extract of <i>Pterocarpus marsupium</i> has been used in Ayurveda to treat various di...
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2022
gc ms
Because of the coronavirus pandemic, hydroalcoholic gels have become essential products to prevent the spread of COVID-19. This research aims to develop a simple, fast and sustaina...
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2022
other
The rice quality and starch functional properties, as well as the storability of three YY-IJHR cultivars, which included YY12 (biased japonica type YY-IJHR), YY1540 (intermedius ty...
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2022
other
In the past 20 years, the development of an artificial olfactory system has made great progress and improvements. In recent years, as a new type of sensor, nanoelectronic smelling...
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PMID: 35630255
DOI: 10.3390/mi13050789
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2022
gc ms
Mume Fructus is a well-known herbal medicine and food with a long history of processing and application. Different processing methods impact the intrinsic quality of Mume Fructus....
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2022
gc ms
In this study, the trend of VOCs of dietary fiber samples, coming from three different watermelon cultivars <i>Citrullus lanatus</i> L. (variety <i>Gavina<sup>®®</sup>, Crimson Swe...
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2022
aroma analysis
Green tea contains polyphenols, mainly four catechins, including (-)-epigallocatechin gallate, (-)-epicatechin gallate, (-)-epigallocatechin, and (-)-epicatechin. Enzyme tannase is...
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2022
aeda
To explore a scientific and reasonable cooking method for <i>Clitocybe squamulosa</i>, four cooking methods (boiling, steaming, microwaving, and frying) were applied to <i>C. squam...
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2022
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The asymmetric reduction of ketones to chiral hydroxyl compounds by alcohol dehydrogenases (ADHs) is an established strategy for the provision of valuable precursors for fine chemi...
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2022
other
In this study, <i>Tenebrio molitor</i> (mealworm) protein and reducing sugar were thermally reacted without (MP-RF) or with amino acids (MPA-RFs, A is then replaced with three-lett...
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2022
other
The connection with textiles is one of the oldest traditions in humanity, and in the historical scenario, textiles and clothing deal with material culture. Therefore, preservation...
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PMID: 35160586
DOI: 10.3390/polym14030597
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2022
aroma analysis
The essential oil of Elsholtzia beddomei C. B. Clarke ex Hook. f. was investigated for its chemical composition and tested for antioxidant and antimicrobial activities. The E. bedd...
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2022
aroma analysis
The incorporation of cereals in yogurt has recently gained increasing consumer approval, for its high nutritional value and health benefits, all over the world. Following this emer...
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PMID: 35741972
DOI: 10.3390/foods11121774
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2022
gc ms
<h4>Background</h4>The genus <i>Achillea</i> is rich in essential oil (EO) with high chemical diversity. In this study, eight EO samples obtained from flowers and leaves of <i>Achi...
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2022
other
The goal of this study was to identify new compounds from a methanol extract of a polyherbal combination of <i>Aristolochia indica</i> L. and <i>Piper nigrum</i> L. (MECAIPN), two...
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PMID: 35295928
DOI: 10.1155/2022/4797884
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2022
other
Root nodule formation in many leguminous plants is known to be affected by endogen ous and exogenous factors that affect formation, development, and longevity of nodules in roots....
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PMID: 36078031
DOI: 10.3390/cells11172622
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2022
gc ms
<i>Plagiomnium acutum</i> T. Kop. (<i>P. acutum</i>) has been used as a traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years to treat cancer but lacks evidence. The objective of thi...
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PMID: 36499119
DOI: 10.3390/ijms232314790
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2022
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry
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Rougui Wuyi rock tea (WRT) with the premium aroma is a subcategory of oolong tea. Roasting is a unique process that provides a comprehensive aroma to WRT. The key aroma-active comp...
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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.