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.
2024
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Anesthesia is applied to protect fish welfare for reducing employee workload in aquaculture. The efficacy of the anesthetic agent varies depending on the fish species. In this stud...
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2024
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The intensity of green tea's floral and sweet flavors was enhanced after being scented by osmanthus (OSGT). However, the mechanism of flavor enhancement by key volatiles remains un...
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2024
aeda
Piling fermentation (PF) is crucial for Pu-erh tea aroma, yet its microbial and moist-heat impact on aroma quality is poorly understood. Solid-phase microextraction, solvent-assist...
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2024
aroma analysis
Acting as the most abundant and widely distributed volatile secondary metabolites in plants, terpenoids play crucial roles in diverse physiological regulations and metabolic proces...
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2024
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Meitan Cuiya (MTCY), a representative green tea from Guizhou, China, may exhibit lower quality in summer due to increased bitterness and astringency. Spreading is a common method t...
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2024
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High-quality <i>Piper laetispicum</i> (<i>Piper laetispicum</i> C. DC) is the key to the development of foods, natural medicines, and cosmetics. Its crude fat, ash, piperine, prote...
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2024
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Fructus Aurantii (FA) is an edible and medicinal functional food used worldwide that enhances digestion. Since raw FA (RFA) possesses certain side effects for some patients, proces...
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2024
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Green huajiao has a unique flavor and is widely used in cooking as an edible spice. In this study, the intensity of overall aroma and aroma attributes of seven green huajiao sample...
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PMID: 38540826
DOI: 10.3390/foods13060836
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2024
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ObjectiveThe purpose of this study is to improve the quality of boiled spicy pork slices and promote standardized and industrialized production.MethodsThe changes of volatile flavo...
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2024
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
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The essential oils and aroma derived from the leaves (L), stems (St), and spikes (s) of Piper nigrum L. cv. Guajarina were extracted; the essential oils were extracted using hydrod...
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2024
Frontiers in immunology
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Garlic (Allium sativum L.) is a widely abundant spice, known for its aroma and pungent flavor. It contains several bioactive compounds and offers a wide range of health benefits to...
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2024
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Scenting is an important process for the formation of aroma quality in floral Longjing tea. There are differences in the aroma quality of osmanthus Longjing teas processed by diffe...
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PMID: 39335913
DOI: 10.3390/foods13182985
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2024
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<i>Carpesium macrocephalum</i>, a species native to China, Korea, Japan, and Russia, has been used medicinally in the countries of its origin. Though mono- and sesquiterpenoids are...
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2024
aroma analysis
Douchi is a kind of soybean-fermented food in China. To explore the common and differential compounds in different Douchi, Douchi was fermented by Aspergillus niger, Rhizopus arrhi...
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PMID: 39517305
DOI: 10.3390/foods13213521
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2024
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<i>Lathyrus odoratus</i> L., commonly known as sweet pea, is a plant with a distinctive aroma that can develop in various habitats. An analysis of the aromatic profile of the speci...
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2024
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Flowery-like aroma are positive contributors to green tea. Here, the optimal processing conditions for green tea with flowery-like aroma were designed using spreading time, fixatio...
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2024
aeda
Pomelo flowers emit a strong fragrance and give aromatic odors. Volatile compounds from pomelo flowers were analyzed at three developmental stages and in the main organs by molecul...
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2024
aroma analysis
Chemical control of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) based on the use of insecticides is particularly challenging as the insect attacks ripening fruits shortly before ha...
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2024
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BACKGROUND
Jinmudan (JMD) is a high-aroma variety widely cultivated in China. The current study primarily focuses on the key volatile metabolites in JMD black and oolong teas, and...
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2024
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The development and production of secondary metabolites from priceless medicinal plants are restricted by drought stress. Mentha pulegium L. belongs to the Lamiaceae family and is...
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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.