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
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Human-machine interfaces (HMIs) have received significant attention for their potential in augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR). Perception of food is an important compo...
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PMID: 40528427
DOI: 10.1039/d5mh00488h
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2025
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This study aimed to assess the viability of a new gelling agent, formed by a combination of disodium 5-guanylate and lactic acid, as a potential substitute for conventional hydroco...
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PMID: 40647005
DOI: 10.3390/foods14132252
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2025
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry
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Acrolein (ACR) present in vivo and in vitro can damage proteins and DNA, linking it to various chronic diseases. In this paper, ergothioneine (EGT), abundant in edible mushrooms, h...
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2025
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Gastrodiae Rhizoma (tianma, TM), a traditional medicine that has food and medicine homology, faces controversy over retaining its epidermis (tianma pi, TP) during processing due to...
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2025
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<h4>Background</h4><i>Farsetia aegyptia</i> and <i>Zilla spinosa</i> belonging to the Brassicaceae family, well-known for their biological and therapeutic activities.<h4>Objective<...
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2025
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<i>Khaya grandiofoliola</i> (Kh) is a medicinal plant with therapeutic properties. Studies have reported on the general bioactivity and anticancer potentials of the plant, but no i...
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PMID: 40508060
DOI: 10.3390/ijms26115247
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2025
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Lagerstroemia speciosa is traditionally used for treating diabetes and inflammation; however, its anticancer potential remains unexplored. This study assesses the antioxidant and a...
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2025
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In the absence of visual signals, subterranean arthropods rely on olfactory and tactile cues to navigate toward resources. Here, in a series of pairwise dual-choice bioassays, we i...
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2025
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<h4>Ethnopharmacological relevance</h4>Artemisia absinthium L. (wormwood) has a long-standing tradition in European and Central Asian folk medicine for its neuroregulatory properti...
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2025
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This study aimed to investigate the effects of post-fermentation freezing treatment on the flavor characteristics of Beibinghong ice wine. Physicochemical indices, organic acids, v...
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PMID: 40361713
DOI: 10.3390/foods14091631
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2025
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Wild edible plants significantly contribute to the diets and nutrition of rural communities in many countries. Tetrastigma spp are well-known for their ethno medicinal, nutritional...
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2025
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In this study, a mixed fermentation strategy using grape-blended pear juice co-inoculated with <i>Metschnikowia pulcherrima</i> 346 and <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i> ES488 was us...
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2025
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Plant-based meat analogs (PBMAs) have attracted attention owing to their various advantages, however, their taste limits their application, requiring improvement of the umami and s...
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2025
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The development of high-performance elastomers with customizable mechanical, self-healing, and degradative properties is essential for their utilization in advanced applications an...
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2025
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Chitosan (CTS) is a natural polysaccharide derived from the deacetylation of chitin. Chitosan-based coatings are widely used for the preservation of hardy kiwifruits. However, the...
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2025
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The aim of this study was to determine the intraspecific variability among 11 wild-growing populations of wormwood (<i>Artemisia absinthium</i> L.) originating from Central Europe...
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2025
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Vanillin, the principal aromatic compound in vanilla, is primarily derived from mature pods of vanilla (<i>Vanilla planifolia</i> Andrews). Although the biosynthetic pathway of van...
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2025
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Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) is valued for its secondary metabolites. The volatile compounds of essential oil play a major role for unique flavor in turmeric. As phyto constituents...
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2025
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This study aimed to develop a novel functional ice cream incorporating sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) and turmeric (Curcuma longa) as primary ingredients to enhance nutritional val...
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2025
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Turmeric (Curcuma longa L. cv. Trang 1), a high-value cultivar known for its elevated curcuminoid and volatile oil content, holds significant potential in pharmaceutical and food a...
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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.