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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.

44,648
Papers indexed
959
Ingredients cited ⓘ
5,240
Compounds indexed
627,022
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2025 BMC plant biology aroma analysis

Ornithine enantiomers modulate essential oil yield and constituents and gene expression of monoterpenes synthase in Salvia officinalis under well-watered and drought stress conditions.

The impact of drought stress on plant growth, development, and productivity presents a significant challenge in various environments worldwide. The exogenous application of polyami... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 39905305 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-025-06156-y Full text on PMC
2025 gc ms

Phytochemical Composition and In Vitro Antibacterial Activity of the Essential Oil from <i>Lippia grata</i> Schauer (Verbenaceae) against <i>Staphylococcus</i> spp. from Caprine Mastitis.

<i>Staphylococcus</i> spp. are the primary pathogens responsible for caprine mastitis. These bacteria can form biofilms, hindering treatment and compromising milk production. In th... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 41114240 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.5c06144 Full text on PMC

All paper metadata — titles, authors, journals, years, DOIs — is public bibliographic information. Abstract snippets shown are truncated to fewer than 200 characters and link to the original source on PubMed or the publisher. We never reproduce full text.

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.