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
gc ms
<b>Background/Objectives:</b> The aim of the present study was to evaluate the antimicrobial, antibiofilm, anti-quorum sensing, and cytotoxic activities of the essential oils extra...
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2025
aroma analysis
echT PressScienceDoi:10.32604/phyton.2025.064272REVIEWEssential Oils Usage on Vitis vinifera L., from the Vineyard to Post-Harvest:Advantages, Limitations, and Future PerspectivesP...
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2025
gc ms
Our study represents the first known report of hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus) facial gland histology and chemical characterization of facial gland secretions. While in captivity fro...
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2025
gc ms
<b>Background/Objectives:</b> This study aimed to investigate the traditionally claimed anti-inflammatory effect of essential oil (EO) derived from pine green cones per se and afte...
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2025
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In recent years, wine producers have increasingly experimented with ancient fermentation and ageing techniques, such as the use of ceramic containers or pitch-coated amphorae. Desp...
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PMID: 41300015
DOI: 10.3390/foods14223857
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2025
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a group of environmental toxicants found ubiquitously as complex mixtures in human-impacted environments. Developmental zebrafish exposu...
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2025
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Isovaleraldehyde is an important chemical raw material for the production of flavors, which is volatile and flammable and poses a health risk to humans. It is, therefore, essential...
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2025
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
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Date palm sap, obtained as an exudate from date palms, is a nutritionally rich substance with significant potential as a functional food ingredient and natural sweetener. Despite t...
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2025
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Populations of the sandfly, Lutzomyia longipalpis, use the diterpene sobralene as a sex/aggregation pheromone, which is likely produced in the insect through the activity of a rece...
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2025
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As natural chemicals may have fewer side effects than conventional medicines, their usage in cancer treatment is becoming more popular. Nanoformulations have been the focus of rece...
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PMID: 40837835
DOI: 10.1039/d5na00341e
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2025
gc ms
Frankincense is a resin drug used widely in the medical field. Comprehensive qualitative and quantitative analyses of the differences in the chemical composition of frankincense, s...
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2025
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Due to its intricacy and long-term usefulness, traditional medicine continues to be practiced in several nations. Among the many medicinal plants found in the Dhofar region of Oman...
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PMID: 40040632
DOI: 10.1155/adpp/3536898
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2025
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<h4>Introduction</h4>Phytopathogenic fungi pose a serious threat to global crop productivity, necessitating sustainable alternatives to chemical fungicides.<h4>Methods</h4>This stu...
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2025
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Biofuels generated through fermentation of plant-derived lignocellulosic biomass are currently not competitive with fossil fuels. Here, a framework is described for the engineering...
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2025
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Terpene synthases produce a wide number of hydrocarbon skeletons by controlling intramolecular rearrangements of allylic pyrophosphate subtrates <i>via</i> reactive carbocation int...
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PMID: 39784321
DOI: 10.1039/d4cc05785f
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2025
aroma analysis
Plant-based extracts and elicitors (signaling molecules that activate the fruit’s innate defense responses) have emerged as promising and sustainable alternatives to synthetic chem...
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2025
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The gradual increase in ultraviolet B (UVB) health hazards to human skin, coupled with the irritation associated with existing sunscreen products, underscores the critical need for...
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2025
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Cancer stem cells (CSC) are known to be the main source of tumor relapse, metastasis, or multidrug resistance and the mechanisms to counteract or eradicate them and their activity...
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PMID: 39859345
DOI: 10.3390/ijms26020631
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2025
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Citrus canker, caused by <i>Xanthomonas citri</i> subsp. <i>citri</i>, and bacterial blight, caused by <i>Xanthomonas citri</i> subsp. <i>malvacearum</i>, results in substantial ec...
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2025
Springer Nature
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Seaweeds are an excellent source of nutrients and bioactive compounds associated with health benefits. In this study, symbiotic beverages were prepared by submerged fermentation wi...
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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.