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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.

44,648
Papers indexed
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Ingredients cited ⓘ
5,240
Compounds indexed
627,022
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2025 gc ms

Article antidiabetic potential of peanut oil: inhibiting <i>α</i>-amylase and <i>α</i>-glucosidase using identified phytochemicals through <i>in vitro</i> and <i>in silico</i> studies.

<h4>Background</h4>Peanut oil is recognized for its mild flavor, high phytochemical content, medicinal potential, and other health advantages.<h4>Objective</h4>This study, for the... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 41127099 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2025.1592468 Full text on PMC
2025 3 Biotech gc ms

Biocontrol efficacy of native Metarhizium rileyi (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) isolates against Spodoptera litura (F) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and in silico effect of the secondary metabolites against the virulent proteins of the insect.

This study explores the insecticidal potential of secondary metabolites derived from Metarhizium rileyi against Spodoptera litura through an integrative approach involving genomics... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 39926106 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-025-04226-4 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.