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
Human skin is an important source of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) offering noninvasive methods to gain clinical metabolite information. This work was focused on the developmen...
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2025
pharmacology
<i>Aegle marmelos</i> is a plant that holds considerable medicinal value. It is indigenous to India, Iran, Myanmar, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and various Southeast Asian countries. The...
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2025
other
Rue (<i>Ruta</i> spp.) is a medicinal, ornamental, and culinary herb, distinguished by its strong repellent aroma, rich in various bioactive compounds. In addition to different tra...
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2025
other
<i>Ficus hirta</i> Vahl, a member of the Moraceae family and genus <i>Ficus</i>, is a traditional medicinal plant with diverse metabolites. Traditionally, <i>Ficus hirta</i> Vahl h...
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2025
gc ms
Liangpingyou, a well-known Chinese pomelo (Citrus grandis L.) variety, elicits a unique and uncharacterized numbing aftertaste. To understand the molecular bases and characteristic...
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2025
other
Depression is a complex mental disorder, and consequently, the successful treatment of the depressive disorder remains challenging. The available medications often show limitations...
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PMID: 40677840
DOI: 10.1039/d5md00473j
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2025
aroma analysis
Essential oils (EOs) are secondary metabolites of plants, made up of a wide range of aromatic volatile compounds found in different concentrations. These essential oil components (...
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2025
aeda
Large-leaf yellow tea (LYT) is a yellow tea product with a specific aroma characteristic and the flavor code has recently been revealed. To elucidate the transformation of odorants...
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2025
gc ms
The escalating environmental concern over secondary microplastics (SMPs) stems from their physicochemical evolution from primary microplastics (PMPs), yet the contribution of varyi...
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2025
pharmacology
<h4>Aim</h4>The current study uses the depicted approach to synthesize curcumin-piperine loaded Poloxamer F-68 coated magnetic nanoparticles (CUR-PIP-F68-Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub...
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2025
pharmacology
Curcuminoids, found in turmeric (<i>Curcuma longa</i> L.), include curcumin (CUR), demethoxycurcumin (DMC), and bisdemethoxycurcumin (BDMC). Although CUR and DMC are well-studied,...
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2025
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry
pharmacology
Brassica rapa L., well known as "Tibetan ginseng" and "longevity holy fruit" from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, is of great value for its edible, medicinal, and feeding uses. This stu...
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2025
Inflammopharmacology
other
Shogaol, a significant bioactive constituent of ginger, is present in several forms, including 4-, 6-, 8-, 10-, and 12-shogaol, with 6-shogaol identified as the most potent among t...
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2025
other
Abstract Ginger, a globally cultivated spice and medicinal herb, is renowned for its health benefits and distinctive flavor. As ginger’s main pungent and bioactive components, 6-gi...
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2025
gc ms
<title>Abstract</title> <p>This study explores the seasonal variations in the essential oil content and composition of dill (Anethum graveolens) during the spring season, emphasiz...
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2025
other
Vineyard smoke exposure can lead to the accumulation of free and glycosylated volatile phenols (VPs) in grapes, negatively affecting wine quality. Activated carbon fibre (ACF) clot...
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PMID: 40361632
DOI: 10.3390/foods14091550
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2025
other
The O-demethylation of lignin aromatics is a rate-limiting step in their bioconversion to higher-value compounds. A recently discovered cytochrome P450, SyoA, demethylates the S-li...
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2025
Journal of food science
other
Preharvest spray coatings composed of cellulose nanofibers (CNF) and chitosan (CH) were investigated to reduce volatile phenol (VP) absorption and phenol glycoside (PG) formation i...
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2025
other
Pisco is an Appellation of Origin from Peru, its name comes from the town and the port of Pisco. It is a spirit obtained exclusively by the distillation of base wine, produced alon...
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2025
other
Antibiotic resistance is a major public health problem. The search for new therapeutic alternatives is becoming urgent. Essential oils are a promising alternative. This study aimed...
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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.