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
PloS one
gc ms
Chiliadenus montanus (Vahl) Boiss. (Asteraceae) is a pharmacologically significant plant with different potent pharmacological properties. This study aimed to evaluate the phytoche...
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2025
gc ms
<h4>Background</h4>The <i>Dalea</i> genus [Fabaceae] is rich in bioactive flavonoids and contains underexplored species, such as Dalea pazensis Rusby, with potential for antifungal...
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2025
gc ms
Recently, essential oils (EOs) have garnered attention for their biological properties as a source of natural compounds with anticancer and antioxidant effects. Artemisia herba alb...
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2025
other
Elicitors play a crucial role in plant defense systems, often leading to an enhancement in secondary compounds across various species. The aim of this paper was to assess the effec...
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PMID: 40357338
DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.70225
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2025
gc ms
<i>Artemisia stolonifera</i>, identified as an original source of mugwort leaf during the fourth national medicinal resource investigation in China, remains considerably understudi...
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2025
Frontiers in plant science
gc ms
Thrips are one of the most challenging pests in agricultural crops, including Chrysanthemum. In this study we tested via two plant assays whether solutions containing sticky rice g...
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2025
pharmacology
The aim of this review is to provide a comprehensive overview of the botany, phytochemistry, and biological activities of eight <i>Salvia</i> species, namely <i>Salvia aethiopis</i...
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2025
other
Salvia is a genus of Lamiaceae family with more than 1,000 species having diverse utility. The wide range of uses encompasses food, flavor, cosmetics, aromatherapy, horticulture, a...
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2025
gc ms
This study evaluated the influence of compost and bioinoculants (mycorrhizal fungi and plant growth-promoting bacteria) on the yield and composition of essential oil extracted from...
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2025
gc ms
Natural extracts as biostimulants have the potential to enhance the productivity and growth of many medicinal and aromatic plants. This study aimed to enhance the growth, and essen...
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2025
gc ms
<b>Background:</b> Cancer's multifactorial complexity demands innovative polypharmacological strategies that can simultaneously target multiple oncogenic pathways. Natural products...
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PMID: 41155656
DOI: 10.3390/ph18101542
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2025
gc ms
This study explores the potential of Thymus ciliatus as a natural source of bioactive compounds by investigating its chemical composition and in vitro biological activities, includ...
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2025
gc ms
Essential oils (EOs) constitute intricate mixtures of volatile phytochemicals that have garnered significant attention due to their multifaceted biological effects. Notably, the pr...
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2025
gc ms
<h4>Introduction</h4>Chili powder is a widely used seasoning whose pungency largely depends on its capsaicin content and volatile compounds.<h4>Methods</h4>This study evaluated the...
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2025
gc ms
The GC and GC/MS analysis of the essential oil samples obtained separately from whole aerial parts and the roots of <i>Laportea bulbifera</i> resulted in the identification of a to...
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2025
gc ms
Bluehead gilia or bluefield gilia (Gilia capitata Sims) from the family Polemoniaceae is an annual herbaceous plant widely distributed in the western regions of North America, but...
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2025
gc ms
Volatile cues are important in the host detection and discrimination of phytophagous insects, allowing them to find suitable hosts. Here, the electroantennography (EAG) and behavio...
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2025
other
<i>Rhododendron fortunei Lindl</i> is known for its unique aroma, but the molecular mechanism behind plant hormone-mediated aroma biosynthesis remains unclear. To explore how brass...
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PMID: 41614818
DOI: 10.3390/cimb47121054
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2025
gc ms
This study investigates the chemical composition and biological properties of the hydromethanolic extract (HME) and essential oil (EO) derived from Inula viscosa L. roots. HPLC-DAD...
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2025
PloS one
gc ms
Three endophytic strains, Phomopsis sp., Fusarium proliferatum, and Tinctoporellus epimiltinus, isolated from various plants in the rainforest of the Philippines, were investigated...
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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.