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
gc ms
For the first time, essential oils (EOs) from the leaves and flowers of <i>Lantana camara</i> L., grown in Loja, Ecuador, have been isolated by steam distillation and analyzed. The...
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2025
sensory panel
Consumers increasingly regard plant-derived biocompounds as a safe alternative to synthetic additives. To increase shelf life and enhance safety status, this study sought to determ...
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2025
other
<i>Annona neoinsignis</i> H. Rainer (Annonaceae) is a tree native to the Amazon rainforest. Its fruits are also suitable for human consumption in their natural state or are process...
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2025
other
Fresh basil is a widely used herb with distinct attributes (aroma and taste); however, it has a quite limited shelf life. The investigation and use of natural products to preserve...
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2025
Journal of natural products
other
The synthesis of 8-thio-farnesylpyrophosphate is reported, which was subjected to biotransformations with different sesquiterpene synthases. The 9-thio-analogues of δ-cadinene and...
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2025
gc ms
Due to the limitations of analytical methodologies, the geochemical significance of C<sub>5</sub> alkylated benzenes has largely been overlooked. Thirty-four light oils and condens...
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2025
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry
other
Two new ring B-seco flavonoids (1 and 2), five new cadinane sesquiterpenoids (3-7), and three previously described relevant isolates (8-10) are isolated from a beloved food and spi...
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2025
Jurusan Kimia, Fakultas Sains dan Teknologi, Universitas Pattimura
gc ms
Bali is one of clove (Syzygium aromaticum) producers in Indonesia. Clove essential oil is mainly produced from the leaves and flowers. Eugenol is the main component in the essentia...
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2025
Elsevier - LWT
aroma analysis
This works focuses on developing an optimized methodology for analyzing free and bound volatile compounds in
grapes using enzymatic hydrolysis with AR2000 enzyme and HS-SPME-GC × G...
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2025
Plant direct
gc ms
Seseli tomentosum Vis. is an endemic species distributed along the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea. In this study, the leaf structure as observed by light and electron microscopy...
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PMID: 41281784
DOI: 10.1002/pld3.70119
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2025
other
Cardiovascular complications are a significant concern in diabetes mellitus. <i>Ficus exasperata</i> Vahl leaf has been traditionally used for diabetes management, yet its impact o...
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2025
aroma analysis
The essence of traditional surimi processing is a balance between the loss of food chemical components and the quality of the protein gel. The washing process generates a large amo...
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2025
other
Fixation methodology serves as the critical determinant in shaping green tea's multi-dimensional quality attributes; however, the impact of different fixation methods and the corre...
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2025
gc ms
The plants from the <i>Ocimum</i> genus, belonging to the Labiatae family, serve as important bioresources of essential oils (EOs) rich in biologically active secondary metabolites...
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2025
other
This study presents the results on the composition of hydro-distilled essential oils and the antioxidant properties of extracts isolated with different polarity solvents from the l...
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2025
Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
aeda
In this study, the impacts of water-bath reheating (WR), steam reheating (SR), air-frying reheating (AR), roasting reheating (RR), and microwave reheating (MR) on the physicochemic...
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PMID: 40361656
DOI: 10.3390/foods14091574
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2025
Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
sensory panel
The basil plant belongs to the Lamiaceae family and contains various active compounds, including phenols, saponins, alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins, and essential oils. These compou...
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2025
other
Since the 19th century, the cultivation of <i>Ocimum basilicum</i> L. has increasingly been established in Liguria, with the in situ reproduction of seeds. Over the years, Ligurian...
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2025
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
other
To date, various species of Erigeron genus have been used both in the ethnopharmacology of numerous nations across the world and in contemporary herbal practices. The objective of...
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2025
aroma analysis
This study investigated the aroma profiles, nutritional composition, and bioactive potential of three edible Curcuma species, namely Curcuma candida, C. singularis, and C. petiolat...
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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.