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
Peach gum polysaccharides (PGPs) have attracted increasing attention for their potential biological properties and application in the food and cosmetic industries. This study aimed...
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2025
Critical reviews in food science and nutrition
pharmacology
Pectic oligosaccharides have become novel bioactive components. However, the comprehensive preparation methods, structural features, bioactivities and application of them lack a sy...
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2025
Carbohydrate polymers
other
This study aims to structurally characterize a polysaccharide extracted from Cenostigma nordestinum gum (AGCn) and evaluate its prebiotic potential in human gut microbiota. AGCn, o...
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2025
pharmacology
<i>Muscari neglectum</i> is a Mediterranean geophyte with a long tradition of ethnomedicinal use, yet the phytochemistry of its bulbs remains underexplored compared with aerial par...
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2025
aroma analysis
This study systematically elucidated the differences in fruit quality between bagged and non-bagged apples by integrating phenomics, transcriptomics, and metabolomics. Significant...
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2025
other
<h4>Ethnopharmacological relevance</h4>The dried rhizome of <i>Ligusticum chuanxiong</i> S.H.Qiu, Y.Q.Zeng, K.Y.Pan, Y.C.Tang and J.M.Xu (<i>Apiaceae</i>; including the horticultur...
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2025
gc ms
Phthalic acid esters (PAEs), ubiquitous semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) in indoor environments, pose adverse effects on human health. However, their degradation mechanisms...
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2025
gc ms
<h4>Background</h4>While recognition of airborne microplastics is increasing, there are still limited data on the microplastics within the aerosol size fractions most relevant to h...
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2025
gc ms
The release of azo dyes into wastewater from textile industries poses a significant environmental challenge due to their toxicity and recalcitrance. Among these dyes, Reactive Blac...
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2025
gc ms
<title>Abstract</title> <p>The aim of this research was to evaluate the effects of traditional leaf packaging materials (Terminalia catappa; Theobroma cacao and Thaumatococcus dan...
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2025
Pest management science
pharmacology
BACKGROUND: Bacterial diseases in plants pose a serious threat to crop production, leading to substantial food loss every year. Prolonged and repeated use of a single antibacterial...
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2025
RSC medicinal chemistry
other
Oxazole, a five-membered aromatic heterocycle featuring a nitrogen and an oxygen atom separated by a carbon atom, and its isomer isoxazole, with directly attached oxygen and nitrog...
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PMID: 40008190
DOI: 10.1039/d4md00777h
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2025
gc ms
Chilled yak meat is becoming more and more popular with the improvement in living standards, and the flavor of chilled meat is closely related to storage time. The effect of storag...
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PMID: 41008145
DOI: 10.3390/foods14183173
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2025
Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica
gc ms
The volatile components of Rhododendron tomentosum were analyzed using GC-MS technology. Combined with non-volatile components previously identified by the research group and chemi...
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2025
aroma analysis
Blueberry wines provide a nutrient-rich alternative to perishable fresh fruits. However, the flavor complexity and nutrition retention remain limited by traditional fermentation. I...
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2025
gc ms
<h4>Objective</h4><i>Prunus amygdalas</i> (Almond; PA) has extensively been used in traditional medicine and has been the source of robust phenolic compounds. The current study int...
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2025
Food chemistry
gc ms
This study utilized GC-MS, GC-IMS, E-nose, and E-tongue to analyze the flavor characteristics of Guangchenpi (GCP) from five core producing areas aged 5 to 40 years. Key findings i...
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2025
gc ms
Thermal decomposition of carbohydrates plays a critical role in various technological fields, including biomass energy conversion, thermal food processing, and the synthesis of fun...
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2025
Journal of the science of food and agriculture
other
BACKGROUND: Sugar substitutes have become a topic of interest with the revelation of the strong link between excessive sugar consumption and many chronic diseases. One of the compo...
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PMID: 40116182
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.14228
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2025
Critical reviews in food science and nutrition
other
Honey analysis plays a crucial role in ensuring its quality, authenticity, and compliance with regulatory standards. Traditional methods for honey analysis are often time-consuming...
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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.