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.
2025
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<h4>Background and aim</h4>Malaria continues to pose a global health challenge, exacerbated by the emergence of drug-resistant strains of <i>Plasmodium falciparum</i>. This study a...
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2025
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This study deals with the comprehensive phytochemical composition and antiviral activity against SARS-CoV-2 of acidic (non-decarboxylated) and neutral (decarboxylated) ethanolic ex...
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2025
Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology
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BACKGROUND: Rhizoma Atractylodis, a classic dryness traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), demonstrates potent fluid metabolism-promoting properties. Previous studies have identified...
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2025
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This study aimed to explore the therapeutic potential and mechanisms of Artemisia argyi essential oil (AAEO) in managing feline herpesvirus type 1 (FeHV-1) infections. FeHV-1, the...
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2025
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The genus <i>Chiliadenus</i> (Asteraceae) has been traditionally used in Mediterranean medicine for its anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and antimicrobial properties. However, scien...
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The composition of the lipophilic components of <i>Centaurea scabiosa</i> L. has been studied. The raw material was subjected to extraction with hexane and methyl tert-butyl ether...
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2025
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<i>Globba sirirugsae</i> Saensouk & P.Saensouk, known in Thai as Hong Hoen Sirirugsa, is a rare Zingiberaceae species with considerable potential for ornamental horticulture and ph...
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2025
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Postharvest fungal rot causes significant economic losses in the agroindustry. Current control methods involving the use of synthetic fungicides are becoming increasingly ineffecti...
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<h4>Introduction</h4>Fruit flies, belonging to the family Tephritidae, such as the Mediterranean fruit fly (<i>Ceratitis capitata</i> Wiedemann) and the Caribbean fruit fly (<i>Ana...
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2025
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Essential oils are rich in bioactive molecules like terpenes and phenolic compounds, but have low yields, making process efficiency crucial. Enzyme-assisted hydrodistillation is a...
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A network pharmacology approach was used to construct comprehensive pharmacological networks, elucidating the interactions between agarwood compounds and key biological targets ass...
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2025
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<i>Rosa bracteata</i> J.C.Wendl. is a thorny, clump-forming or trailing perennial evergreen shrub native to China. The current analysis was designed to explore the chemical constit...
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2025
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Agarwood, valued for its resin, has long been used in perfumery, incense, and traditional medicine. Its resin is primarily derived from species of <i>Aquilaria</i> and is produced...
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PMID: 40943390
DOI: 10.3390/ijms26178468
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2025
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Plants produce a large array of natural products which play important roles in flavours, fragrances and medicines. However, some high-value plant intermediate metabolites cannot be...
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PMID: 40011225
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.70023
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The insecticidal, synergistic, and acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitory effects of plant n-hexane extracts (HEs) were evaluated. The HEs from thyme (Thymus vulgaris L.) leaves, g...
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2025
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<h4>Introduction</h4><i>Alpinia galanga</i> (L.) rhizome has been widely consumed as a spice and food-flavoring agent and in traditional medicines for the treatment of various dise...
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PMID: 41321790
DOI: 10.1159/000548197
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2025
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Chrysanthemum has been studied for its anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, anticancer, antioxidant, and other pharmacological properties. However, there is little knowledge about the...
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In order to highlight a possible chemical variability, this research was designed to contrast, for the first time, the chemical profile, antifungal, and insecticidal effects of the...
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2025
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<i>Mentha piperita</i> is an essential oil (EO)-producing species with high commercial relevance. Its EOs are widely used in the pharmaceutical, fragrance, food and cosmetic indust...
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2025
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This study chemically characterized three Torreya grandis (T. grandis) essential oil samples provided by Zhengmao Ecological Agriculture Development Co. (Hubei, China), obtained th...
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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.