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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Salicylic acid (SA) is a pivotal phytohormone for plant responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. Plants have evolved two pathways to produce SA: the isochorismate synthase and phe...
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2025
Journal of insect physiology
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Odorant binding proteins (OBPs) play a vital role in the insect olfactory recognition system, as they bind and transport specific semiochemicals to chemosensory receptors for furth...
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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS ASSOCIATION
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Black pepper (Piper nigrum L.), commonly referred to as Filfil Siyah in Unani medicine, is one of the most widely consumed spices worldwide. Beyond its culinary importance, it has...
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2025
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Black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) is a widely used spice known for its complex chemical composition and beneficial properties, including anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anti-cholester...
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The C=C double bond is a typical feature in biodiesel components associated with their physicochemical behaviors, including metal degradation. In this work, copper was exposed to t...
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PMID: 41010237
DOI: 10.3390/ma18184395
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Chillies from Northeast India exhibit wide variability in fruit morphology, pungency, bearing habit and crop duration. An untargeted metabolite profiling using LC-HRMS of four 'hei...
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This study investigated the effects of blanching pretreatment (blanched at 100 °C water for 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 min respectively, and then dried at 60 °C) before hot air drying (H...
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Ayurveda Sahiti Prabha
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In this comprehensive review article, the focus is on Bergamot plant, elaborating on its various properties and applications. This article provides a detailed examination of the bo...
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gc ms
This study aimed to extract Citrus aurantium L. (bitter orange) peel essential oil (CPEO) and test its repellent effect
against Culex mosquitoes by incorporating it into textiles i...
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Essential oil-loaded edible films have emerged as promising natural systems for active food packaging due to their antimicrobial and antioxidant potential. However, retaining volat...
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PMID: 40361584
DOI: 10.3390/foods14091501
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2025
pharmacology
This study applied supercritical CO<sub>2</sub> and ultrasound-assisted ethanol extraction (UAE) to obtain apolar and polar antioxidant fractions from <i>Citrus aurantium</i> flowe...
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2025
aroma analysis
Aerosol droplets fractured from beverages play a pivotal role in oral-nasal flavor transfer, acting both as carriers of aroma compounds and as amplifiers of surface area for volati...
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The Eastern Mediterranean Sea, rich in environmental and cultural heritage, faces increasing threats from emerging contaminants like toxic metals and phthalates. This study evaluat...
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Cold EI improves all of the central GC-MS performance aspects, but even though it is known for providing enhanced molecular ions, it is important to realize that Cold EI mass spect...
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PMID: 39664001
DOI: 10.1021/jasms.4c00441
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Straw mushroom (<i>Volvariella volvacea</i>) may offer a natural, flavorful alternative to synthetic food additives such as monosodium glutamate (MSG). This study was aimed at deve...
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PMID: 41180375
DOI: 10.1155/tswj/9575690
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Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans Houtt) is a native Indonesian spice, and its pulp is often discarded as waste after juice production. However, the residue still contains essential oils...
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gc ms
Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans Houtt.) is valued for its essential oil, rich in bioactive compounds with applications in pharmaceuticals, food, and cosmetics. This study compared three...
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gc ms
Cured and heated sausage model systems with <sup>15</sup>N isotope-labeled nitrite were analyzed with headspace GC-MS, GC-IRMS and EA-IRMS. Nitrous oxide (N<sub>2</sub>O) was quant...
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Nitrous oxide (N2O), the colorless, odorless gas known as "laughing gas", has gained recent attention for its misuse as a recreational drug. As an anesthetic, N2O produces sedation...
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2025
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ABSTRACT This work addresses in vitro the potential impact of two food additives in the safety spotlight, i.e., the flavor enhancer monosodium glutamate (MSG) and the azo‐dye color...
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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.