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
<i>Amomi fructus</i> (AF) has been used for both medicinal and food purposes for centuries. However, issues such as source mixing, substandard quality, and product adulteration oft...
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2025
Scientific reports
gc ms
The absence of specific markers makes early detection of bladder cancer (BC) challenging. Recent studies have reported the reliable diagnostic significance of volatile organic comp...
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2025
gc ms
In this study, non-isothermal pyrolysis of a mixture of disposable surgical face masks (FMs) and nitrile gloves (NGs) was conducted, using a heating rate of 100 °C/min, N<sub>2</su...
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2025
gc ms
Biodegradable polyester mulch films are a viable alternative for use in agriculture to polyolefin-based films, offering reduced long-term microplastic pollution in agroecosytems wi...
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PMID: 40625187
DOI: 10.1039/d5an00423c
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2025
sensory panel
Aging spirits in wooden casks is a traditional and mandatory process for the production of certain products, such as whisky. The physicochemical and sensory changes that occur duri...
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2025
aeda
Sweetness is a critical sensory attribute of Fenjiu. However, the characterization of key odorants contributing to this flavor profile remains insufficient. Herein, key aroma compo...
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2025
other
Introduction Effective pain management is essential for improving the quality of life. Currently, we have medications to address both mild and severe pain, but there remains a ther...
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PMID: 40177435
DOI: 10.7759/cureus.79960
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2025
other
Farnesyl pyrophosphate derivatives bearing an additional oxygen atom at position 5 proved to be very suitable for expanding the substrate promiscuity of sesquiterpene synthases (ST...
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2025
gc ms
<b>Objectives:</b> Ziziphi spinosae semen (ZSS), an edible and medicinal substance, was easily infested by <i>Plodia interpunctella</i> (<i>P. interpunctella</i>) during storage. H...
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2025
aroma analysis
Camellia sinensis cv. Fenghuang Dancong is a Chinese oolong tea famous for its aroma diversity. Cadmium chloride (CdCl<sub>2</sub>), a toxic heavy metal, impairs plant growth and t...
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2025
aroma analysis
Scutellariae Radix (SR) is a traditional Chinese medicine recognized for its potential to treat various disease conditions. SR is primarily investigated in clinical settings in two...
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2025
gc ms
Global production of biodegradable plastics is increasing, but the degradation behavior of microplastics derived from these items in soil is still scarcely reported. In this study,...
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2025
other
The use of essential oil components as natural antifungal preservatives in the active packaging of bread is an innovative approach that leverages the antimicrobial properties of th...
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PMID: 40076189
DOI: 10.3390/polym17050697
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2025
gc ms
Quantification of the polyester poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) in environmental samples is a particular challenge. Due to strong matrix effects by inorganic compounds, thermoan...
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2025
pharmacology
Lichens are complex symbiotic systems known for synthesizing diverse secondary metabolites with documented antimicrobial, antioxidant, and antiproliferative activities. The present...
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PMID: 41440747
DOI: 10.3390/jox15060201
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2025
aeda
The quality of Sauce-flavor baijiu hinges on sensory characteristics and key aroma compounds, which traditional methods struggle to evaluate accurately and effectively. This study...
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2025
other
Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenases (BVMOs) are versatile biocatalysts that catalyse the oxidation of ketones to esters with high regio- and enantioselectivity, operating under mild rea...
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2025
aroma analysis
Sparging is a common technique in wineries that consists of injecting a gas, normally before bottling, in order to displace the dissolved oxygen in the wine and prevent oxidation....
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PMID: 40647024
DOI: 10.3390/foods14132272
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2025
pharmacology
<h4>Background</h4>The germination and early development of <i>Origanum vulgare</i> L. subsp. <i>hirtum</i> (Link) Ietswaart (Greek oregano) were studied to assess the plant's resp...
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2025
pharmacology
Multi-targeting drug design has become a prevalent attitude in exploring effective potent anticancer agents. In this regard, cyclooxygenase II (COX 2), tubulin, and focal adhesion...
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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.