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
'Seolhyang' strawberry is harvested before it is fully ripened and treated with CO<sub>2</sub> to extend the shelf-life. However, the volatile changes in the 'Seolhyang' strawberry...
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2022
gc ms
Alpinia galanga is widely cultivated for its essential oil (EO), which has been used in cosmetics and perfumes. Previous studies of A. galanga focussed mostly on the rhizome but se...
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PMID: 36145290
DOI: 10.3390/ph15091069
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2022
gc ms
Lavender (<i>L. angustifolia</i> Mill.) is an important essential oil-bearing and medicinal plant with high commercial value. Lavender scent components can be derived not only as a...
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2022
gc ms
In this study, we investigated the influence of fungal extracellular vesicles (EVs) during biofilm formation and morphogenesis in Candida albicans. Using crystal violet staining an...
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PMID: 35420476
DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00301-22
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2022
aroma analysis
Currently, agricultural production generates large amounts of organic waste, both from the maintenance of farms and crops (agricultural wastes) and from the industrialization of th...
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2022
Food chemistry
aroma analysis
Meat flavor is composed of a complex mixture of volatile compounds developed as a result of heat driven multi-directional reactions. Typical reactions include Maillard reaction, li...
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2022
Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
aroma analysis
Tan sheep are greatly preferred by consumers in China because of their nutritional value and unique flavor. However, the meat quality of Tan sheep has decreased due to the change i...
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PMID: 35053924
DOI: 10.3390/foods11020191
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2022
other
The purpose of this article is to present recent studies on the antimicrobial properties of linalool, the mechanism of action on cells and detoxification processes. The current tre...
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2022
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
other
Concern for pollinator health often focuses on social bees and their agricultural importance at the expense of other pollinators and their ecosystem services. When pollinating herb...
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2022
Journal of insect physiology
other
Specific mate communication and recognition underlies reproduction and hence speciation. Our study provides new insights in Drosophila melanogaster premating olfactory communicatio...
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2022
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry
aroma analysis
Pu-Erh tea, as a typical post-fermented tea, can be divided into raw Pu-Erh tea (RAPT) and ripened Pu-Erh tea (RIPT) according to the processing technology. It is famous for its un...
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2022
Chemical senses
other
Insects rely on olfactory receptors to detect and respond to diverse environmental chemical cues. Detection of semiochemicals by these receptors modulates insect behavior and has a...
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2022
aroma analysis
Aroma is considered a fundamental component of fruit flavor. Variations in the composition and content of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) contribute to noticeable differences in...
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2022
gc ms
<i>Coriandrum sativum</i> (Linn.) and <i>Petroselinum crispum</i> (Mill.) are the common herbs used for culinary purposes in daily life. The chlorophyll pigment in plants is being...
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PMID: 35535153
DOI: 10.1155/2022/7359081
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2022
gc ms
In this study, the aroma profile of 12 minority grape varieties of <i>Vitis vinifera</i> L., included in the 'Caiño group', was defined along three vintages by solid phase microext...
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PMID: 35626997
DOI: 10.3390/foods11101427
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2022
gc ms
Knowing in detail how the white and red wine aroma compounds behave under various storage conditions and especially at high temperature is important in order to understand the chan...
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2022
South African Journal of Enology and Viticulture
gc ms
Shine Muscat, with its excellent quality and unique Muscat aroma, is emerging as one of the most profitabletable grape cultivars in Asia. However, in-depth analysis of the cultivar...
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2022
gc ms
Selenium (Se) is an essential trace element with important health roles due to the antioxidant properties of selenoproteins. To analyze the interplay between Se and gut microbiota,...
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2022
Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
gc ms
The hoppy aroma in beer is characterized by an overall pleasant profile. The impacts of five Czech hop cultivars, Rubin, Saaz, Vital, Harmonie, and Kazbek, were tested on the hop a...
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PMID: 36010520
DOI: 10.3390/foods11162520
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2022
other
<i>Carpesium abrotanoides</i> L. (Asteraceae) is a medicinal plant with immense therapeutic importance and bioactivities. It is commonly encountered in various Asian regions. It ha...
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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.