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
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<i>Litsea cubeba</i> essential oil (LCEO) has various bioactivities and wide applications. However, most reported LCEOs are directly extracted from plants, and studies on further p...
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2025
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<h4>Objective</h4>Cannabis sativa L. is renowned for its medicinal and recreational uses. With the increasing global legalization of C. sativa L.-based products for medicinal purpo...
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PMID: 39103248
DOI: 10.1002/pca.3432
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2025
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E-vapour products generate aerosols typically containing nicotine, flavour ingredients, and aerosol formers (propylene glycol and vegetable glycerine). While many flavour ingredien...
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PMID: 40265589
DOI: 10.1093/jat/bkaf031
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2025
Computers in biology and medicine
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BACKGROUND: This study aimed to develop and apply a novel computational pipeline combining SELFormer, a transformer architecture-based chemical language model, with advanced deep l...
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Journal of agricultural and food chemistry
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Citronellol is a typical acyclic monoterpene alcohol widely used for fragrance and seasoning in the food industry and as a fungicide of plant origin in agriculture. Microbial cell...
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2025
gc ms
Endophytic fungi produce a diverse range of bioactive secondary metabolites with potential applications in biopesticide development. This study investigates the nematicidal and ant...
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gc ms
Peanut (Arachis hypogaea) is a perennial leguminous crop grown worldwide. This study aims to investigate the chemical composition and pharmaceutical applications of peanut oil usin...
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gc ms
Insect sex pheromones have been widely used in integrated pest control due to their efficiency, non-toxicity, specificity, and environmental sustainability. They are considered a k...
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2025
pharmacology
<h4>Background</h4>α-Tocopherol is a potent antioxidant naturally present in human skin, protecting against oxidative damage from UV radiation and pollution. While cosmetic applica...
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PMID: 41081335
DOI: 10.1111/jocd.70486
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2025
aroma analysis
Hard kombucha is an alcoholic beverage produced by the fermentation of a 40% (v/v) kombucha solution with selected yeast strains and sugar. Among 35 yeast strains examined, Lachanc...
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2025
gc ms
<i>Paeonia emodi</i> has long been used in folk medicine to treat a variety of ailments, including diabetes, skin disorders, dropsy, cuts, wounds, ulcers, fever, and blood disorder...
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PMID: 40905017
DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.70870
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2025
pharmacology
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and influenza virus are major respiratory pathogens associated with substantial morbidity and a risk of severe disease....
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PMID: 40943408
DOI: 10.3390/ijms26178487
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2025
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High-temperature Daqu (HTD) is the starter for sauce-flavor Baijiu, produced through stacked solid-state fermentation. At the end of fermentation, white, yellow, and black Daqu are...
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2025
gc ms
This study proposes a novel non-destructive method for evaluating the aging time and quality of citri reticulatae pericarpium (CRP) by integrating digital image and flash gas chrom...
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2025
gc ms
<i>Artemisia selengensis</i> Turcz. (AST), an edible-medicinal herb, contains multifunctional bioactives. This study investigated the application of AST leaf extract (ASTLE) in bee...
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2025
gc ms
<h4>Background and aim</h4><i>Indigofera zollingeriana</i> is a high-protein tropical legume with potential as a sustainable ruminant feed; however, its ensiling is challenged by r...
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2025
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This study investigates the interplay between volatile and non-volatile flavor metabolites and endophytic microbial communities during three developmental stages of <i>Passiflora l...
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PMID: 40076773
DOI: 10.3390/ijms26052151
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2025
gc ms
<i>Cymbopogon citratus</i> (DC.) Stapf (lemongrass), a globally significant medicinal and aromatic plant, is widely used in food and pharmaceutical industries owing to its bioactiv...
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PMID: 41293644
DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.71226
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2025
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Optimal drying method is important for the quality preservation of green pepper (GP). This study assessed the effects of five drying methods on the color, structure, flavor, and nu...
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2025
gc ms
<h4>Background</h4>Platycladi Folium (PF) is a natural herbal plant and a significant resource with anti-cancer agents, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In this study, we...
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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.