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.
2026
pharmacology
Fenugreek (<i>Trigonella foenum-graecum</i>) has attracted growing interest as a complementary agent in the management of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a leading cause of cancer-...
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2026
pharmacology
This study aims to evaluate the biocompatibility of twelve toothpaste formulations using human gingival fibroblast (hGF) cell cultures, and to compare their antibacterial efficacy....
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2026
sensory panel
Background: Natural substances derived from dill (Anethum graveolens) are characterized by broad antimicrobial activity against numerous human pathogens, attributable to their rich...
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2026
gc ms
This study examines the chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of essential oils (EOs) extracted from cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.) seeds and leaves harvested in the Bouarfa...
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2026
other
Corn silk (Zea mays L.), commonly discarded as agricultural waste, contains bioactive compounds with potential functional and health benefits. However, its utilization at the commu...
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2026
other
Essential oils are natural insect repellents, which can be microencapsulated and protected by wall materials to provide prolonged protection against insects. The protection and rel...
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PMID: 41599580
DOI: 10.3390/polym18020285
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2026
other
This study evaluated the preservative potential of essential oils (EOs) in bakery products by identifying fungal contaminants in bread, testing the in vitro antifungal activity of...
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2026
Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
other
This study tackles the stabilization and delivery challenges of oxidation-prone carrot oil by engineering tailored Zein-OSA starch hybrid complexes. The influence of complex mass r...
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PMID: 41683023
DOI: 10.3390/foods15030435
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2026
aroma analysis
Teinturier grapes are an important germplasm resource for addressing the insufficient accumulation of anthocyanins in grapes under adverse climatic conditions. To enrich the variet...
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PMID: 41596939
DOI: 10.3390/foods15020340
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2026
aroma analysis
Milk beer, a modern Chinese dairy beverage, is usually fermented by the co-culture of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) and <i>Kluyveromyces marxianus</i> (<i>K. marxianus</i>), with the...
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PMID: 41596828
DOI: 10.3390/foods15020229
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2026
gc ms
This study comprehensively evaluated the phytochemical and organoleptic evolution of <i>Aronia melanocarpa</i> wines aged for 12 months in glass bottles and oak barrels. Integrated...
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2026
other
Visual evaluation techniques for Chinese <i>Baijiu</i> remain an active research area. We identified a novel dendritic crystal pattern formed after the droplet evaporation of Feng-...
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2026
other
This study reports the production of <i>n</i>-butyl levulinate (BL) as an advanced biofuel and biomass-derived ester <i>via</i> homogenous acid-catalysed butanolysis of four lignoc...
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PMID: 41675359
DOI: 10.1039/d5gc05536a
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2026
gc ms
Traditional pyrone syntheses typically require catalysts, solvents, or high pressures, limiting their sustainability. Here, we report the first catalyst-free, solvent-free gas-phas...
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2026
aroma analysis
Cheese is a complex ecosystem of fermented foods. Heterogeneous microbial communities interact within it to determine biochemical processes, quality, safety, texture, and flavor. T...
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2026
other
Blanching is widely applied as a pretreatment for drying star anise, yet how different pretreatment routes regulate enzyme activity, tissue structure, and final quality remains ins...
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2026
Biomedical chromatography : BMC
gc ms
Panax ginseng hydrosol, a water-distilled coproduct of ginseng extraction, contains diverse volatile and semi-volatile terpenoids beyond the well-studied ginsenosides. We applied H...
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2026
In silico pharmacology
gc ms
The bamboo plant Chamaedorea seifrizii is mostly used for its aesthetic qualities and air-purifying capabilities. The purpose of this study was to chemically profile and assesses t...
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2026
aeda
From a traditionally used spice to a highly valued therapeutic plant with many biological effects, <i>Alpinia katsumadai</i> Hayata seed (AKS) is widely used as a functional food o...
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2026
gc ms
The genus Eugenia has a long history of use in traditional medicine for treating various conditions, including infectious diseases, gastrointestinal disorders, and skin problems. E...
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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.