Peer-Reviewed Research Database
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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
Carrera de Estomatología de la Universidad Científica del Sur
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Objetivo: El propósito de este proyecto de investigación fue establecer el efecto inhibitorio del aceite esencial y el extracto etanólico de Schinus molle contra Candida albicans c...
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2025
gc ms
Wound healing is a complex biological process involving overlapping phases of inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. Plant-derived agents have gained attention as alternative...
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2025
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Meat products are prone to lipid oxidation, which affects their quality. Although synthetic antioxidants are effective, plant extracts rich in phenolic compounds offer a promising...
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2025
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This study, conducted in Southern Italy in 2023, investigated the effects of a dynamic agrivoltaics (AV) system on microclimate, water consumption, plant growth, and essential oil...
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2025
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Yield, chemical profile and antioxidant activity of sage (<i>Salvia officinalis</i> L.) essential oils (SEOs) isolated from shaded (pearl, red and blue color nets) or non-shaded pl...
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2025
gc ms
The aim of this study was to evaluate the cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of potential biocontrol agents for use against phytopathogens of potato seed (<i>Solanum tuberosum</i> L.)....
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2025
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Due to the content of carnosic acid (CA), carnosol (C), and rosmarinic acid (RA), sage (Salvia officinalis L.) has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anticancer, antidiabetic, neuropr...
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2025
gc ms
Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) is prized for its distinctive characteristics, which include flavor, color, aroma and therapeutic uses. Although the antioxidant properties of saffron m...
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2025
pharmacology
This study evaluated the effect of different freeze-drying (FD) temperatures (-50 °C, -60 °C, -70 °C, and - 80 °C) on quality parameters of saffron stigmas. The physicochemical pro...
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2025
pharmacology
Saffron, a plant flowering in fall and prized for its medicinal red stigmas, has a unique life cycle. After dormancy, the flower formation process starts from late summer to fall....
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2025
pharmacology
Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) is one of the most valuable medicinal plants, but its production is highly constrained by drought stress and excessive dependence on chemical fertilizer...
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2025
aeda
Saffron (<i>Crocus sativus</i> L.) is one of the most valued spices worldwide, rich in bioactive apocarotenoids such as crocins, picrocrocin, and safranal, which display antioxidan...
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2025
gc ms
Saffron, derived from Crocus sativus L., is a highly valued spice known for its color, flavor, aroma, and medicinal properties. Predominantly cultivated in Kashmir, India, its qual...
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2025
Food & function
gc ms
Aging represents a significant global challenge characterized by persistent oxidative stress and dysregulated lipid metabolism. Crocin, the primary bioactive constituent of saffron...
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2025
pharmacology
<h4>Objective</h4>Researchers have considered medicinal oils to prevent and treat pediatric diseases. In the traditional Persian medicine (TPM) doctrine, anointment is widely used...
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2025
pharmacology
Despite the great structural diversity, plant lignans, coumarins, and xanthones share numerous biological activities, ranging from antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant...
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2025
aroma analysis
Environmental characteristics and weather impact yeast populations and their dynamics in spontaneous fermentationsBeatrice Valentini , Noemi Gatti , Simone Bossi , Gianpiero Vigani...
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2025
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Charge-transfer-type fluorochromes, which exhibit shifts in fluorescence intensity and emission wavelength in response to solvent polarity changes, have been widely employed to inv...
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PMID: 41516542
DOI: 10.3390/s26010107
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2025
sensory panel
<i>Lu'an Guapian</i> (LAGP) tea, a traditional Chinese green tea exclusively produced from mature leaves without buds or stems, is known for its mellow taste and distinct appearanc...
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2025
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Excessive sodium intake from processed foods poses significant health risks, necessitating effective sodium-reduction strategies in the food industry. This review explores sensory...
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PMID: 40625626
DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.70548
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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.