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>Background</h4>The Aim of the present research article is to proposing a conservative approach for the <i>Cassia fistula</i> by using of small branches instead of stem bark bec...
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2022
gc ms
During courtship, male butterflies of many species produce androconial secretions containing male sex pheromones (MSPs) that communicate species identity and affect female choice....
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2022
gc ms
The volatile composition and odor of meat and meat products is based on the precursors present in the raw meat. These are influenced by various pre-slaughter factors (species, bree...
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2022
other
The human gastrointestinal (GI) tract harbors diverse microbes, and the family Lachnospiraceae is one of the most abundant and widely occurring bacterial groups in the human GI tra...
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PMID: 38867908
DOI: 10.1002/imt2.58
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2022
Natural product research
gc ms
The SPME-GC-MS analysis of the aroma components of Gymnadenia conopsea subsp. conopsea, subsp. densiflora, var. alpina and Gymnadenia odoratissima var. odoratissima, var. idae were...
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2022
aroma analysis
Chickpea wilt, caused by <i>Fusarium oxysporum</i> f. sp. <i>ciceris</i>, is a disease that decreases chickpea productivity and quality and can reduce its yield by as much as 15%....
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2022
gc ms
<i>Streptomyces</i> species produce a wide variety of specialized metabolites, some of which are used for communication or competition for resources in their natural environments....
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2022
gc ms
In the present study, we investigated the cytotoxic effects of <i>Athyrium hohenackerianum</i> ethanolic extract (AHEE) on the proliferation of breast, lung, and colon cancer cells...
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PMID: 35692581
DOI: 10.1155/2022/2055773
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2022
gc ms
Consumption of soybean-based foods is affected by the flavor of the legume; due to the presence of undesirable compounds called "beany flavors". To solve this problem, the influenc...
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2022
aeda
An unnatural flavor in a food or drink product caused by the presence of undesirable compounds due to contamination or deterioration is called off-flavor. This study determined the...
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2022
aroma analysis
Watermelon rind is treated as agricultural waste, causing biomass loss and environmental issues. This study aimed to identify free amino acids and volatiles in watermelon rind, fle...
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2022
aroma analysis
Dietary lipid sources influence intramuscular fatty acid composition, which in turn may affect the volatile profile of meat. The aim of this work was to investigate the effects of...
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PMID: 35892778
DOI: 10.3390/foods11152193
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2022
aroma analysis
The fresh and unique flavor of cucumber fruits, mainly composed of aldehydes and alcohols, is one of its most important fruit qualities. However, little is known about the genetic...
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PMID: 36196068
DOI: 10.1093/hr/uhac151
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2022
Frontiers in Nutrition
aeda
Taking the eutectic point as the final freezing temperature, the differences of flavor substances of in hand grab mutton (HGM) frozen at three rates of 0. 26 cm/h (−18°C), 0.56 cm/...
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2022
gc ms
As important pollinators, honeybees and bumblebees present a pollination behavior that is influenced by flower volatiles through the olfactory system. In this study, volatile compo...
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2022
gc ms
Tobacco seeds are a valuable food oil resource, and tobacco seed oil is rich in nutrients, especially polyunsaturated fatty acids. The aim of this work was to perform a comprehensi...
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2022
aeda
Bound volatiles are odorless aroma reservoirs that modify flavor when released during food processing, and their determination is important to understand the aroma of fruit beverag...
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2022
gc ms
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are the main chemical components of <i>Schizonepetae Spica</i> (SS), which have positive effects on the quality evaluation of SS. In this study, H...
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2022
other
The biosynthetic pathway from linoleic acid to 1-octen-3-ol in <i>Agaricus bisporus</i> has long been established, in which linoleic acid is converted to 10-hydroperoxide (10-HPOD)...
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PMID: 36012815
DOI: 10.3390/jof8080827
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2022
other
<h4>Background</h4>Mosquitoes are responsible for disease transmission worldwide. They possess the ability to discriminate between different ecological resources, including nectar...
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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.