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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Preprint · Zenodo · CC BY 4.0
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 was conducted to evaluate the possibility of using plasma-activated cow and soy milk powders as a substitute for sodium nitrite for wet curing of pork meat (m. longissim...
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PMID: 36010523
DOI: 10.3390/foods11162523
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2022
gc ms
The cucumber is characterized by the presence of a wide range of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which are recognized as the main responsible for its unique flavor. However, res...
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PMID: 35454687
DOI: 10.3390/foods11081101
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2022
Natural product research
other
The supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) of volatile and fixed oil from milled parsley (Petroselinum crispum L.) seeds, using CO2 as solvent, is presented in this study. Extraction...
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2022
Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
other
Hexane is a solvent used extensively in the food industry for the extraction of various products such as vegetable oils, fats, flavours, fragrances, colour additives or other bioac...
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PMID: 36360023
DOI: 10.3390/foods11213412
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2022
gc ms
<h4>Introduction</h4>Early detection of colorectal cancer (CRC) by screening programs is crucial because survival rates worsen at advanced stages. However, the currently used scree...
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2022
aeda
Volatile thiols give a unique flavor to foods and they have been extensively studied due to their effects on sensory properties. The analytical assay of volatile thiols in food is...
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2022
'MDPI AG'
aroma analysis
The aim of this study was to assess the effects of dietary anthocyanin addition on volatile compounds of meat from goat kids during ageing. For this work, 60 male and female kids w...
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2022
gc ms
Strawberry is one of the beloved fruits worldwide due to its exquisite flavor with highly nutritious compounds which give promising health benefits. [1] With dragging the great att...
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2022
gc ms
Diving or hyperbaric oxygen therapy with increased partial pressures of oxygen (pO<sub>2</sub>) can have adverse effects such as central nervous system oxygen toxicity or pulmonary...
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2022
Foods
other
The aim of this work was to study the production of kefir-like beverages via the fed-batch fermentation of red table grape juice at initial pHs of 3.99 (fermentation A) and 5.99 (f...
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2022
aroma analysis
Habanero pepper is recognized for its appealing aroma and flavor. Lactic acid fermentation can improve these sensory properties, especially aroma, by the synthesis of volatile comp...
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PMID: 36429209
DOI: 10.3390/foods11223618
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2022
Biosensors
other
Tea, after water, is the most frequently consumed beverage in the world. The fermentation of tea leaves has a pivotal role in its quality and is usually monitored using the laborat...
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2022
other
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are emitted by organisms for a range of physiological and ecological reasons. They play an important role in biosphere-atmosphere interactions and...
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2022
other
Lung cancer has been studied for decades because of its high morbidity and high mortality. Traditional methods involving bronchoscopy and needle biopsy are invasive and expensive,...
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PMID: 35448283
DOI: 10.3390/bios12040223
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2022
gc ms
<h4>Background</h4>Several metabolites released by fungal species are an essential source of biologically active natural substances. Gas chromatography high resolution time-of-flig...
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2022
other
Acute cardiorespiratory breathlessness accounts for one in eight of all emergency hospitalizations. Early, noninvasive diagnostic testing is a clinical priority that allows rapid t...
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2022
aroma analysis
Lung cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer incidence and cancer-related deaths in the world. Early diagnosis of pulmonary tumors results in improved survival compared to di...
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2022
'MDPI AG'
sensory panel
The demand for high-quality extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) is growing due to its unique characteristics. The aroma and flavor of EVOO depend on its content of volatile organic compo...
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2022
aroma analysis
Xiguajiang (XGJ) is one kind of Chinese traditionally fermented soybean food. The aim of this study was to identify core bacterial communities and volatile compounds and explore th...
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2022
gc ms
Particulate matters (PMs) such as PM<sub>10</sub> and PM<sub>2.5</sub> were collected at a bus stop and were analyzed using pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry to identi...
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PMID: 35956638
DOI: 10.3390/polym14153122
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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.