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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

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2025 gc ms

Phytochemical Profile, Vasodilatory and Biphasic Effects on Intestinal Motility, and Toxicological Evaluation of the Methanol and Dichloromethane Extracts from the Aerial Parts of <i>Ipomoea purpurea</i> Used in Traditional Mexican Medicine.

<b>Background:</b> Cardiovascular diseases, particularly hypertension, and gastrointestinal disorders represent major public health concerns in Mexico. Although a range of pharmaco... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 40872525 DOI: 10.3390/ph18081134 Full text on PMC
2025 pharmacology

Green Synthesis of Biocompatible Gold Nanoparticles Using &lt;i&gt;Andrographis paniculata&lt;/i&gt; Leaves Extract for Targeted Detection of Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2‑Positive Breast Cancer Cells.

Globally, breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related mortality among women. Early detection, accurate diagnosis, and timely treatment are critical for improving su... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 41049053 DOI: 10.1021/acsorginorgau.5c00013 Full text on PMC
2025 gc ms

Chemical Profiling by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography With Diode Array Detection and Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Analysis and Antimicrobial Potential of Achillea santolina Plant Extracts against Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Fungal Pathogens.

The study examines the chemical composition and antimicrobial properties of petroleum ether and hydro-methanolic extracts of Achillea santolina from Algeria. Chemical profiling was... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 39714424 DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.202403064 Full text on PMC
2025 aeda

Flavor Characteristics of Different Varieties of Flue-Cured Tobacco Based on Headspace Gas Chromatography-Ion Mobility Spectrometry and Headspace Solid-Phase Microextraction-Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry.

In order to investigate characterization and the differences of volatile substances in different types of flue-cured tobacco, the volatile components (VOCs) and relative contents o... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 40454082 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.5c00343 Full text on PMC
2025 gc ms

Dynamic profiling of bioactive compounds, flavor metabolites, and quality-related microorganisms during the freshening-drying-aging process of citri reticulatae pericarpium: Implications for quality formation mechanisms.

This study systematically explored the dynamic evolution of bioactive components, flavor metabolites, and microbial communities in citri reticulatae pericarpium (CRP) throughout it... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 40831970 DOI: 10.1016/j.fochx.2025.102906 Full text on PMC

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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.