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
Fermentation is a sustainable bio-preservation technique that can improve the organoleptic quality of fruit juices. Mango juices were fermented by monoculture strains of <i>Lactipl...
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PMID: 35159535
DOI: 10.3390/foods11030383
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2022
gc ms
Banana Fusarium wilt caused by <i>Fusarium oxysporum</i> f. sp. <i>cubense</i> tropical race 4 (Foc TR4) is one of the most destructive banana diseases in the world, which limits t...
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PMID: 36547623
DOI: 10.3390/jof8121291
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2022
other
Sunflower (<i>Helianthus annuus</i> L.) is an appropriate crop for current new patterns of green agriculture, so it is important to change sunflower receptacles from waste to usefu...
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PMID: 36077567
DOI: 10.3390/ijms231710169
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2022
gc ms
Essential oils are widely used in aromatherapy, medicine, and food industries due to a wide spectrum of bioactivity. Their antioxidant properties can be considered as markers of th...
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2022
aeda
It is well known that abiotic components can affect biosynthetic pathways in the production of certain volatile compounds. The aim of this study was to compare the chemical composi...
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2022
aeda
In order to screen for a proper baking condition to improve flavor, in this experiment, we analyzed the effect of baking on the flavor of defatted tiger nut flour by electronic ton...
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PMID: 35159596
DOI: 10.3390/foods11030446
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2022
aeda
The flavour of white tea can be influenced by the season in which the fresh leaves are picked. In this study, the sensory evaluation results indicated that spring-picked white tea...
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PMID: 36429222
DOI: 10.3390/foods11223628
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2022
Pest management science
gc ms
BACKGROUND: Eurasian spruce bark beetles (Ips typographus) use both attractant and anti-attractant semiochemicals to find suitable mature host trees. Trans-4-thujanol is abundant i...
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2022
Indoor Air
other
Abstract
The typical new car smell is not only perceived directly after vehicle delivery. Vehicle interiors maintain their characteristic odors for a period of time during use even...
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2022
gc ms
Devulcanization represents the recycling of choice for a homogenous rubber waste stream because it allows revulcanization of samples previously devulcanized, making the life of the...
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PMID: 36432979
DOI: 10.3390/polym14224853
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2022
aroma analysis
Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) are synthetic receptors having specific cavities intended for a template molecule with a retention mechanism that depends on molecular recogni...
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2022
gc ms
Laoxianghuang, fermented from <i>Citrus medica</i> L. var. <i>Sarcodactylis Swingle</i> of the <i>Rutaceae</i> family, is a medicinal food. The volatiles of Laoxianghuang fermented...
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2022
other
<i>Origanum majorana</i> is a medicinal and aromatic plant that belongs to the Lamiaceae family. It is cultivated in several parts of the world and, due to its splendid aroma and t...
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PMID: 36556347
DOI: 10.3390/life12121982
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2022
other
Valorization of botanicals for the development of natural food-grade ingredients is an important task in terms of sustainability and processing waste reduction. In this study, Roma...
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2022
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
gc ms
Myrciaria (Myrtaceae) species have been well investigated due to their chemical and biological relevance. The present work aimed to carry out the chemotaxonomic study of essential...
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2022
Frontiers in nutrition
other
Syzygium aromaticum is an aromatic plant native to Indonesia, and introduced to tropical regions worldwide. As an ingredient in perfumes, lotions, and food preservation, it is wide...
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2022
Frontiers in Plant Science
aroma analysis
Cultivated strawberry, Fragaria × ananassa, has a complex aroma due to the presence of more than 350 volatile organic compounds (VOCs). However, a mixture of only 19 compounds, c...
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2022
aroma analysis
Chemical composition of the essential oils and extracts and the antimicrobial activity of Miconia minutiflora were investigated. The flavanone glycosides, pinocembroside and pinoce...
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2022
Plants (Basel, Switzerland)
gc ms
The genus Curcuma, composed of 93 species mainly originating from Asia, Australia, and South America, has been used for medicinal purposes, aromatic, and nutritional values as well...
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2022
Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)
gc ms
Curcuma species are widely used as a food additive and also in various medicinal purposes. The plant is a rich source of essential oil and is predominantly extracted from the rhizo...
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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.