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.
2026
Food science and biotechnology
aroma analysis
Black garlic is a processed product prepared by ageing raw garlic bulbs under high-temperature and high-humidity conditions for several days or weeks. Black garlic has a better sen...
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2026
other
The spoilage of beer significantly threatens the quality and safety of products in the beverage industry. Certain natural foods contain beneficial bioactive components that are con...
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2026
gc ms
<h4>Background</h4>Maillard-modified peptides are renowned for their remarkable flavor-enhancing, antioxidative and bacteriostatic effects. However, the bacteriostatic mechanism an...
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2026
Frontiers in microbiology
pharmacology
Potassium sorbate (PS) is a widely used antimicrobial additive employed as a preservative in food, cosmetics, and animal feed. Early childhood represents a critical developmental w...
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2026
other
Persistent organic pesticides (POPs), particularly chlorinated pesticides, represent a critical environmental threat due to their chemical stability, bioaccumulation potential, and...
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PMID: 41799904
DOI: 10.1039/d5ra09280a
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2026
Journal of chromatography. A
gc ms
Phenoxyacetic acid (POA) herbicides are globally utilized in agriculture for managing broad-leaved and budding weeds due to their effectiveness and cost efficiency. Nevertheless, t...
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2026
gc ms
Green cosmetics are primarily based on plant-derived ingredients and use sustainable biotechnological tools for their preparation. The present research aimed to investigate the <i>...
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2026
gc ms
<h4>Background</h4>Multidrug and extensively antibiotic-resistant microorganisms, also known as "superbugs," are now becoming a global threat to mankind. Bacteria constitute a prot...
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2026
ChemistryOpen
other
The demand for sustainable and natural alternatives in the flavor and fragrance industries has driven interest toward enzymatic synthetic routes. This study reports the enzymatic p...
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2026
other
Ceylon cinnamon (<i>Cinnamomum verum</i> J. Presl) bark essential oil (CBO) represents a promising source of natural bioactive compounds for biological plant protection. For the fi...
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2026
gc ms
Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in China in December 2019, the pandemic has spread to almost every country in the world, resulting in more than half a billion sick patients and more...
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2026
Food microbiology
gc ms
Botryosphaeria dothidea is one of the primary pathogens responsible for kiwifruit soft rot, leading to significant postharvest economic losses. Streptomyces spp., known for produci...
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2026
aroma analysis
Angelica acutiloba Kitagawa roots are used as ingredients in many herbal medicines in Japan. This study conducted field experiments using sticky traps during the growing period fro...
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2026
gc ms
Heroin abuse poses a significant public health and law enforcement challenge globally, with concerns in Pakistan due to the prevalence of illicit street heroin and limited data on...
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PMID: 41778192
DOI: 10.1155/ianc/4301930
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2026
International journal of biological macromolecules
other
Dietary fibre (DF) is a critical component of a healthy diet, yet its functional applications in foods are limited by low solubility, poor water- and oil-holding capacities, low fe...
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2026
other
<h4>Background</h4>The efficacy of entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) in the biological control of insect pests can be influenced by the host's chemical defenses. Phyllotreta flea b...
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PMID: 41487052
DOI: 10.1002/ps.70482
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2026
other
Recycling waste has become one of the critical issues facing modern societies, with textile waste streams serving as a primary example for the recycling of materials made from cott...
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PMID: 41541202
DOI: 10.1039/d5ra06351e
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2026
Current biology : CB
other
How conflict-prone brood-site pollination mutualisms persist remains a central question in evolutionary ecology.1,2,3,4 We demonstrate that a single, stereochemically specific vola...
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2026
aeda
This study evaluated the chemical composition, antimicrobial, antioxidant, and pharmacological properties of <i>Origanum vulgare</i> essential oil (OVEO). Gas chromatography-mass s...
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2026
gc ms
Essential oils, natural volatile products extracted from aromatic plants, exhibit a wide range of biological activities, including antimicrobial and antiparasitic properties. <i>An...
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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.