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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.

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Compounds indexed
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Preparation of nanoemulsions from <i>Elsholtzia kachinensis</i> and <i>Elsholtzia ciliata</i> essential oils <i>via</i> ultrasonic homogenization and their antibacterial and anticancer activities.

Plant essential oils can function as effective antibacterial and anticancer agents, but their low solubility and hydrophobic nature limit their practical applications. In this stud... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 40206356 DOI: 10.1039/d5ra00386e Full text on PMC
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In Vitro Investigation of the Cytotoxic and Antioxidant Activities of <i>Ardisia polycephala, Iresine herbstii,</i> and <i>Oenanthe javanica</i> Extracts With Potential Applications in Breast Cancer Therapy.

<i>Ardisia polycephala, Iresine herbstii,</i> and <i>Oenanthe javanica</i> are commonly used to nourish women's blood and treat reproductive system diseases, according to Thai Trad... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 40822988 DOI: 10.1155/adpp/1234439 Full text on PMC
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&lt;i&gt;In Vitro&lt;/i&gt; Antibacterial and DPPH Radical Inhibitory Activities and &lt;i&gt;In Silico&lt;/i&gt; Molecular Simulation of Compounds Isolated from the Leaves of &lt;i&gt;Olinia rochetiana&lt;/i&gt;.

<i>Olinia rochetiana</i> is one of the medicinal plants traditionally used in Ethiopia to treat various ailments, including wounds, snake bites, tuberculosis, and cancer. However,... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 40092772 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.4c10788 Full text on PMC

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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.