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
sensory panel
<h4>Introduction</h4>Aging of flue-cured tobacco is a slow microbial fermentation process that usually lasts for 2-3 years, which plays an important role in improving the quality o...
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2025
Discover oncology
gc ms
Metabolic reprogramming, a pivotal hallmark of cancer, plays a crucial role in both the initiation and progression of colorectal cancer (CRC). Despite the vast unknowns surrounding...
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2025
gc ms
This study aimed to examine the antibacterial, antioxidant, and enzyme activity of Centaurea hyalolepis, as well as the total phenolic and carotenoid contents, and volatile and phe...
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2025
sensory panel
Tea hydrolat is an innovative value-added tea product with natural tea aroma. Nevertheless, the dearth of research has hindered its industrial development and commercialization. Th...
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2025
gc ms
Ripened Pu-erh tea is a special tea with unique flavor and obtained by solid fermentation of microorganisms. This work aimed to investigate the changes of lipid metabolites during...
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2025
pharmacology
This study employed response surface methodology for the first-time optimization of the ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE) of the total phenolic content (TPC) and ABTS from edibl...
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PMID: 40807499
DOI: 10.3390/foods14152562
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2025
aroma analysis
Abstract The aim of the study was to characterise the factors affecting the volatile compounds profile of dry-cured salami-type sausages, made from meat of Polish Red (PR) and Whit...
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2025
pharmacology
Marine-derived species of the genus <i>Alternaria</i> are widely distributed across diverse aquatic habitats, functioning as pathogens, endophytes, and saprophytes. These fungi are...
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PMID: 41295399
DOI: 10.3390/md23110431
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2025
Journal of hazardous materials
other
This study systematically evaluated the inhibitory effects of model compounds from sludge-derived hydrothermal liquefaction aqueous phase (HTLaq) on anaerobic digestion (AD) at bot...
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2025
gc ms
In 2021, archeologists found that a bronze mirror was wrapped with a yellow-green fiber sheet in the Western Han tomb M68 in the Dabuzi Cemetery in Xi'an, China. To ascertain the c...
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PMID: 41157043
DOI: 10.3390/ma18204812
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2025
other
<h4>Background and objectives</h4><i>Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus)</i> is a pathogenic bacterium whose virulence is attributed to its extracellular compounds and biofilm-formin...
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2025
gc ms
The chemical composition of the essential oil from the leaves of Vachellia tortilis, collected from Tunisia, at the three developmental stages, was analysed by GC/MS. Seventy-five...
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2025
Communications engineering
gc ms
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are a biologically important subset of an organism's metabolome, yet in vitro techniques for the analysis of these small molecules vary substantia...
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2025
gc ms
<h4>Background</h4>Musk is a blackish-brown solid used in traditional Chinese medicine with a unique and intense scent. Limited evidence on its function and pathways is available f...
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2025
gc ms
Antibiotic resistance is an escalating universal health threat in this modern era, driving the need for innovative therapeutic solutions. Medicinal plants extensively utilized in A...
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2025
aroma analysis
The community of epibiotic yeasts significantly influences the quality of <i>Docynia delavayi</i> (Franch.) Schneid. wine. The yeast diversity in four different <i>Docynia delavayi...
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PMID: 40001997
DOI: 10.3390/foods14040553
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2025
sensory panel
Tempeh, a traditional Indonesian food rich in nutrients, has a limited shelf life which can negatively impact its quality. To extend its shelf life and enhance its functional value...
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2025
gc ms
This study evaluated whether the volatile profile of methyl linoleate (MLO) can predict its pro-inflammatory capacity. MLO was subjected to two oxidation conditions simulating ambi...
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PMID: 41464938
DOI: 10.3390/foods14244231
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2025
pharmacology
Dental caries is a major global health concern, with <i>Streptococcus mutans</i> playing a key role in biofilm formation and acid production, which lead to enamel demineralization....
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2025
other
<h4>Background</h4>The rise in multidrug-resistant bacteria has intensified the search for new antibiotics, drawing attention to essential oils (EOs) for their antimicrobial proper...
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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.