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
aroma analysis
This study evaluated the physio-chemical properties of a structural lipid (SL) obtained by the enzymatical incorporation of flaxseed oil into mutton tallow (MT). By measuring the m...
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2022
Talanta
other
A continuously operating system for monitoring groundwater contamination by aromatic VOCs has been developed. For this purpose, a novel gas-water separation unit was to be used in...
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2022
ACS omega
other
Histamine is an important substance that can be applied as a parameter for allergic reactions and food freshness. This study develops a method to produce a histamine sensor based o...
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2022
gc ms
Two wild populations of <i>Helichrysum</i> (Mill.) located at Elba Island (Tuscan Archipelago, Central Italy) were morphologically and phytochemically analyzed to taxonomically ide...
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2022
'Frontiers Media SA'
aroma analysis
The volatilome of hazelnuts (Corylus avellana L.) encrypts information about phenotype expression as a function of cultivar/origin, post-harvest practices, and their impact on prim...
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2022
'MDPI AG'
pharmacology
Medicinal plants are used to treat diseases and provide health benefits, and their applications are increasing around the world. A huge array of phytochemicals have been identified...
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2022
gc ms
The large yellow croaker, a species of fish found in the northwestern Pacific, is favored by consumers because of its prevalence in saltwater bodies, golden yellow abdomen, high ca...
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2022
aroma analysis
Pyrazines are among the most important compound class conveying the odor impressions “roasty”, “nutty”, and “earthy”. They are formed by the Maillard reaction and occur ubiquitousl...
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2022
gc ms
Due to its high prevalence, infertility has become a prominent public health issue, posing a significant challenge to modern reproductive medicine. Some clinical conditions that le...
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2022
Environment international
other
The high moisture content and perishable organic waste of municipal solid waste (MSW) in China have caused the severe odor nuisance to be one of the crucial reasons for resident co...
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2022
Journal of chemical ecology
aroma analysis
The Polygonaceae weed, Rumex dentatus L. grows in association with wheat, mustard and potato, while Polygonum glabrum Willd. grows in association with rice in India. Both larvae an...
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2022
Frontiers in plant science
gc ms
The majority of terrestrial plants can form symbiotic associations on their roots with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in the soil to stimulate the growth and nutrient uptake of...
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2022
gc ms
<i>Monochamus saltuarius</i> is a vector of <i>Bursaphelenchus xylophilus</i> and has caused massive mortality in pine trees in Japan, South Korea, and the middle temperate zone of...
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2022
other
ABSTRACT Coconut milk, coconut oil, spices, condiments, and herbs are added to enhance flavor and aroma. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effect of cooking me...
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2022
aroma analysis
Medicinal aromatic plants’ essential oils (EOs) are mixtures of volatile compounds showing antimicrobial activity, which could be exploited to face the emerging problem of multi-dr...
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2022
other
Following a request from the European Commission, EFSA was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the safety and efficacy of an essential oil obtained from the aerial parts of <i...
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2022
gc ms
Waste management plants are one of the most important sources of odorants that may cause odor nuisance. The monitoring of processes involved in the waste treatment and disposal as...
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PMID: 35214407
DOI: 10.3390/s22041510
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2022
Journal of environmental management
other
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) diffused from paint sludge are potential hazard contributing significantly to environmental pollution and exposure to them can cause severe health...
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2022
Huan jing ke xue= Huanjing kexue
other
In recent years, ozone pollution has been growing increasingly serious in the urban areas of China. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are important precursors of O3 formation, whic...
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2022
gc ms
<i>Juglans regia</i> has been used to treat inflammatory and arthritic disorders in traditional medicine. The present study aimed to investigate the antiarthritic and anti-inflamma...
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PMID: 35422870
DOI: 10.1155/2022/1695701
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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.