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
Propolis is an apicultural product known for its antioxidant, antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties. However, its composition varies with botanical sources, geography, sea...
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PMID: 41464966
DOI: 10.3390/foods14244259
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2025
pharmacology
Forage crops and grasses play crucial roles in global agriculture, serving as primary sources of livestock feed. However, various abiotic stresses, such as drought, salinity, extre...
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2025
pharmacology
Ferulic acid ((E)-3-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxy-phenyl) prop-2-enoic acid) is a derivative of caffeic acid found in most plants. This abundant phenolic compound exhibits significant antio...
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PMID: 39354884
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.13931
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2025
gc ms
Melissa officinalis is a perennial medicinal plant traditionally used for its diverse biological activities, including antiviral properties. This study investigates the antiviral e...
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2025
gc ms
Mulberry leaves contain polysaccharides, phenols, alkaloids, and other active ingredients which have medicinal and edible value. In this study, fermented mulberry leaf powder was p...
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2025
other
Solid-state microbial fermentation (SSMF) has been established as an effective bioprocessing strategy to augment the nutritional value of plant-derived feed substrates while reduci...
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2025
gc ms
Three poplar species widely distributed in southern Romania were investigated for their chemical composition and bioactivity. Male buds from black poplar (<i>Populus nigra</i> L.),...
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2025
other
The rhizosphere, a narrow zone of soil directly influenced by plant roots, serves as a highly dynamic interface where biochemical and ecological interactions converge to sustain pl...
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2025
The Science of the total environment
other
This study evaluated human exposure to organic UV filters in a family-based panel in South Korea through biomonitoring. Urine samples from 124 participants in 48 families were coll...
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2025
gc ms
Acute allergic contact dermatitis is an inflammatory skin condition characterized by swollen, itchy lesions. This study aimed to evaluate the soothing and wound-healing effects of...
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2025
gc ms
The yield of peaches worldwide is approximately 21 million tons annually, with peach pits representing 10% of the waste generated, and the disposal of this quantity of biowaste int...
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2025
aroma analysis
In this study, ultrasonic intervention (UI) was used to treat Lactobacillus plantarum CICC 20022 (L. plantarum CICC 20022) at different phases and fermentation experiments were con...
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2025
other
Tomato pomace is an abundant by-product of the agri-food industry with a peel rich in cutin, a plant polyester that can be depolymerized to monomeric building blocks to develop bio...
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2025
other
This study examined the effects of the Dual-Temperature Dual-State Fermentation (DTSF) technique on the chemical and sensory characteristics of industrial-scale 'Marselan' wine. Co...
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2025
sensory panel
Probiotics, especially lactic acid bacteria-mediated fermentation, are recognized as an efficient approach to enhance the nutritional and functional properties of food matrices. In...
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2025
sensory panel
Black tea is widely consumed worldwide, and its characteristic taste and color result from fermentation, where polyphenols are enzymatically oxidized to generate major pigments, in...
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PMID: 40807671
DOI: 10.3390/foods14152736
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2025
Journal of ethnopharmacology
pharmacology
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Spermatogenic Pill (SP) is a commonly used clinical preparation in the Third Clinical Hospital of Changchun University of Traditional Chinese Medici...
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2025
aroma analysis
Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) is a globally crop due to its distinctive flavor and economic value. In this study, we systematically analyzed the dynamic changes in volatile substa...
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2025
Plant signaling & behavior
pharmacology
Polygonatum sibiricum Red, known as Huangjing in Chinese, is a perennial plant valued in traditional Chinese medicine and is a nutritional food ingredient. With increasing market d...
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2025
Frontiers in veterinary science
other
INTRODUCTION: Phytogenic feed additives have gained increasing attention in ruminant nutrition due to their capacity to modulate ruminal fermentation and reduce methane (CH4) emiss...
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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.