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
Genus Artemisia has diverse phytochemistry and a long history in traditional medicine with several species still having unexplored potential. Hence, comparative profiling of Artemi...
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2025
gc ms
Synergistic interactions have been recognized and used for centuries, with various healing traditions using herbal combination treatments to enhance their effects. In the recent ye...
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2025
gc ms
Propolis is a valuable natural product whose chemical composition and bioactivity are strongly dependent on its geographical and botanical origin. This study presents a comprehensi...
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2025
gc ms
Oregano (<i>Origanum vulgare</i> L.) is one of the most important aromatic plants in the world, recognized for its applications in food and traditional medicine, as well as for its...
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PMID: 41464882
DOI: 10.3390/foods14244175
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2025
gc ms
The propolis produced by stingless bees is a complex mixture of natural sticky components mixed with soil or clay. Global research on propolis has focused on studying the biologica...
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2025
gc ms
In this paper, the first phytochemical analysis on Teucrium chamaedrys subsp. gracile was reported. The dried aerial parts collected in Algeria were studied, and the analysis was c...
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2025
other
Black spot is currently one of the most widespread diseases affecting Yanbian Pingguoli pears (<i>Pyrus pyrifolia</i> cv. 'Pingguoli'), resulting in significant economic losses for...
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2025
Plants (Basel, Switzerland)
other
Amomum villosum (A. villosum) Lour., a medicinal species of the Zingiberaceae family, is used for medical purposes. Bornyl acetate, camphor, and borneol are the main bioactive ingr...
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2025
aroma analysis
This study used fresh (young) and old (mature) ginger tissues as model systems to investigate how plant maturity modulates the response to pulsed electric field (PEF), a non-therma...
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PMID: 40807574
DOI: 10.3390/foods14152637
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2025
gc ms
Hypericum revolutum Vahl, a flowering plant in the Hypericaceae family, is traditionally used in Ethiopia to treat febrile illnesses in humans and combat diarrhea in livestock. It...
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2025
gc ms
<b>Background:</b> Recently, the use of volatile compounds as spatial repellents have received special attention as a promising strategy for adult <i>An. gambiae</i> s.l control. <...
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2025
gc ms
The majority of hand sanitizers now in use include synthetic fragrances and chemical additives that pose substantial risks to human health and the environment. Ingredients like tri...
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2025
Chirality
pharmacology
In this work, a novel pair of chiral ionic liquids (CILs) based on cis- and trans-myrtanol was designed, synthesized, and applied in the enantioselective liquid-liquid extraction (...
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2025
Pest management science
other
BACKGROUND: The red imported fire ant (RIFA, Solenopsis invicta), a highly destructive invasive pest, has rapidly spread through human trade, posing significant threats to agricult...
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2025
ACS omega
other
There is a growing interest in health-promoting foods with functional properties, and alternative sources are gaining attention for their industrial potential due to sensory qualit...
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2025
gc ms
The strawberry is renowned for its distinctive fragrance and is regarded as one of the most popular fruits globally. This research analyzed the volatile compounds in four strawberr...
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PMID: 40361549
DOI: 10.3390/foods14091464
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2025
Journal of hazardous materials
gc ms
Allergic diseases are on the rise globally, and Mas-related G protein-coupled receptor X2 (MRGPRX2) has been identified as a key receptor mediating allergic diseases and pseudo-all...
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2025
Diseases of the colon and rectum
gc ms
BACKGROUND: Colorectal cancer lacks noninvasive and efficient diagnostic markers. Recently, volatile organic compounds present in exhaled breath have emerged as potential diagnosti...
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2025
Bioresource technology
other
Pinene is a plant volatile monoterpenoid which is used in the fragrance, pesticide, and biofuel industries. Although α-pinene has been synthesized in microbial cell factories, the...
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2025
other
Sensors for monitoring volatile organic compounds are commonly employed for air quality control in indoor and outdoor environment. They provide data with high temporal and spatial...
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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.