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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Preprint · Zenodo · CC BY 4.0
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
Uphills Publishers LLC, United States
gc ms
Sandalwood (Santalum album L.) is one of the costliest wood in the world and its characteristic aroma is highly prized in various ancient medicines for its innumerable therapeutic...
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2025
aroma analysis
To elucidate the regional flavor characteristics of sun-dried green tea (SDT) and their underlying influencing factors, a comprehensive analysis was conducted using metabolomics an...
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PMID: 40238592
DOI: 10.3390/foods14071280
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2025
aeda
This study deciphered the aroma differences in three <i>Kadsura coccinea</i> cultivars (F023, F054, F055) through integrated volatile-omics and sensory analysis. HS-SPME-GC-MS iden...
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PMID: 41227576
DOI: 10.3390/foods14213603
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2025
aeda
Laocong Shuixian (LCSX), a premium Wuyi rock tea derived from aged Shuixian tea trees, is valued by consumers for its distinctive "Cong flavor"-a unique aroma profile characterized...
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PMID: 40428486
DOI: 10.3390/foods14101706
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2025
aroma analysis
<i>Lindera megaphylla</i>, a Lauraceae species, is valued for timber, horticulture, landscape architecture, and traditional medicine. Here, a high-quality genome of <i>L. megaphyll...
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PMID: 40655325
DOI: 10.1093/hr/uhaf116
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2025
gc ms
Mammals, including humans, sense smell by the responses of odorant receptors (ORs) to odor molecules. We have developed an effective method to identify novel antagonists capable of...
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PMID: 40004034
DOI: 10.3390/ijms26041566
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2025
aroma analysis
Lanxangia tsaoko is widely utilized in human cuisine as a popular flavoring agent due to its distinctive aroma. It also has a long history of use in traditional Chinese medicine. T...
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2025
gc ms
Lauraceae plants are diverse in species and rich in volatile components, which possess functions such as insect repellency, antioxidant activity, and antibacterial properties. Howe...
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PMID: 40821680
DOI: 10.1155/jamc/9045731
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2025
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
sensory panel
The morbidity of the chronic diseases such as the hypertension and cardiovascular diseases has been increasing in recent decades. The unhealthy diet with excessive salt intake is o...
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2025
sensory panel
Smart packaging, also known as intelligent packaging, is responsive to external stimuli, moisture, light, oxygen, heat, pH, and bacterial growth. In this study, polyvinyl alcohol/n...
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2025
other
<h4>Background</h4>The use of essential oil nanoemulsions has emerged as a promising strategy for extending the shelf life of highly perishable foods, like fish, by leveraging thei...
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2025
other
Fishery anesthetics are extensively employed in aquaculture to mitigate stress and reduce mortality during handling, transportation, and processing of farmed fish. While they enhan...
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PMID: 41300085
DOI: 10.3390/foods14223928
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2025
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
aroma analysis
The aim of the study was to predict key quality attributes and optimize process parameters of liquid-smoked rainbow trout (LSRT) by four machine learning (ML) models with genetic a...
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2025
Current nutrition reports
pharmacology
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The diverse polyphenolic components present in these berries are responsible for their functional properties in human health. Hence, there is an increasing deman...
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2025
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
aroma analysis
In response to the growing interest in less conventional alcoholic beverages, this study aimed to identify novel yeast strains suitable for sake production, with a focus on their p...
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2025
gc ms
In Thailand, wild yam, or <i>Dioscorea hispida</i> Dennst., is a starchy crop that is usually underutilized in industry. The purpose of this study was to isolate the starch and ext...
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PMID: 40003560
DOI: 10.3390/life15020151
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2025
sensory panel
Obesity and associated health alarms have encouraged increased awareness in developing healthier food alternatives, such as low-fat bakery products. This study explores a sustainab...
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2025
other
Breastfeeding women require specific nutrition to support the quality and secretion of breast milk, which can be achieved through the development of analog rice. Several potential...
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PMID: 40870693
DOI: 10.3390/foods14162780
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2025
gc ms
Essential oils (EOs) are complex plant-derived products known for their broad-spectrum antibacterial activity. This study aims to evaluate the chemical composition of eight essenti...
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PMID: 41303410
DOI: 10.3390/ijms262210928
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2025
Journal of lipid research
gc ms
Omega-3 (n-3) (e.g., EPA/DHA) and omega-6 (n-6) (e.g., linoleic acid [LA]) FAs are suggested to have opposite effects on inflammation, but results are inconsistent and direct compa...
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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.