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.
2025
gc ms
<h4>Background</h4>Scientists have faced difficulties in synthesizing natural substances with potent biological activity from cost-effective sources. Endophytic fungi metabolites w...
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2025
gc ms
Kopi Luwak, renowned for its distinctive flavor profile, has long been esteemed in specialty coffee circles; however, the conventional animal digestive process is fraught with sign...
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2025
Analytical methods : advancing methods and applications
pharmacology
High-viscosity rice soup is not only a popular food item but also a traditional Chinese medicinal remedy. Herein, we developed a high-throughput characterization platform for high-...
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2025
aeda
Fermented millet beverages are gaining attention as a sustainable and nutritious alternative to traditional functional foods, combining the nutritional benefits of millets with the...
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2025
other
<i>p</i>-Cresol, a ubiquitous low-molecular-weight volatile phenolic compound, permeates the vicinity of human, plant, and animal ecosystems through complex biosynthetic pathways a...
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2025
sensory panel
Natural storage promotes raw Pu-erh tea (RaPT) aging along with chemical conversion and flavor evolution. In this study, quantitative descriptive analysis (QDA) and UHPLC-Orbitrap-...
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2025
other
2,4-D (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid) is one of the most widely used herbicides globally, effectively controlling broadleaf weeds in various agricultural systems. However, its per...
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2025
PLoS neglected tropical diseases
other
OBJECTS: Vector ticks' perception of characteristic odors emitted by infected hosts is key to understand tick's foraging behavior for infected host and design odor-based control st...
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2025
gc ms
The purpose of this study was to determine the antioxidant properties and the composition of phenolic compounds, trace elements, vitamins, and fatty acids in the edible mushrooms <...
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PMID: 40264684
DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.70203
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2025
PeerJ
gc ms
BACKGROUND: Volatile organic compounds (VOCs), commonly emitted from vehicle exhaust and industrial activities, are prevalent air pollutants in urban environments. These compounds...
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PMID: 41356440
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.20405
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2025
Journal of periodontology
other
BACKGROUND: The relationship between humans and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is a persistent concern due to their widespread sources and high evaporation rates. However, there...
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2025
other
Purpose: Use plant-based edible coatings (PBECs) for maintaining quality of fresh fruits and vegetables (FFVs) are trending upward. Compared to modified atmosphere packaging they e...
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2025
pharmacology
Membranous nephropathy (MN) is the most common cause of nephrotic syndrome in adults. Currently, MN diagnosis relies on either the presence of serum anti-phospholipase A2 receptor...
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2025
aroma analysis
Jianli pig (JL) is a representative Chinese local pig breed with a unique fruity flavor and excellent meat quality. However, the reasons for the unique fruity flavor of Jianli pork...
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PMID: 41299996
DOI: 10.3390/foods14223838
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2025
pharmacology
Twelve-carbon dicarboxylic acid dodecanedioic acid (DODA) has gained recent interest as an alternative nutrient. However, little is known about DODA cellular metabolism. Our study...
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PMID: 41594598
DOI: 10.3390/biom16010057
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2025
gc ms
To identify chemical-markers from hot-pressed, cold-pressed, organic-solvent, aqueous-enzymatic and water extracted camellia oils (HPO, CPO, OSO, AEO, WEO). We report a full compos...
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2025
Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology
gc ms
BACKGROUND: Hawthorn fruit, renowned as both a functional food and herbal medicine with lipid-lowering effects, is abundant in polysaccharides. However, there is limited research o...
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2025
gc ms
This study evaluates the efficacy of phytotherapy in treating oral cancer. This study evaluated the phytocompounds extracted from Cadaba fruticosa for anticancer potential using GC...
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2025
pharmacology
Biotin is an essential enzyme cofactor for intermediary metabolism, and its importance is reflected by the multiplicity of bacterial pathways to its universal precursor, pimelic ac...
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2025
other
Isoleucic acid (ILA) was identified in human patients with maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) half a century ago. MSUD patients, who are defective in the catabolism of branched-chain...
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PMID: 39844635
DOI: 10.1111/plb.13771
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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.