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
aroma analysis
Dried lemon slices (LSs) have become increasingly popular as a healthful beverage when infused in hot water. This study examined the effects of freeze drying (FD), hot air drying (...
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PMID: 40807523
DOI: 10.3390/foods14152586
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2025
gc ms
Erectile dysfunction (ED) poses a significant challenge to male sexual health globally, prompting the exploration of alternative treatments beyond conventional pharmaceutical inter...
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2025
other
Novel Pasture-style Laozao (NPLZ) is a local specialty fermented food with unique flavor and mouthfeel. This study investigated the dynamic changes of physicochemical properties, v...
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2025
other
In the present study, a novel technology called intermittent solvent-free microwave extraction (ISFME), which integrates intermittent microwave treatment with solvent-free extracti...
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2025
gc ms
<i>Apocynum venetum</i> honey, a characteristic Chinese herbal honey, is a key agricultural product in Xinjiang. To better understand its unique flavor and geographical authenticit...
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PMID: 41300018
DOI: 10.3390/foods14223860
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2025
sensory panel
Abstract This study developed a method for the detection and analysis of 17 malt aroma compounds in malt, malt extract, and beer through headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-S...
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2025
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
other
Background/Objectives: This study reports pilot-scale production of gluten-free rice malt extract powder from Thai Chainat 1 rice as a sustainable alternative to barley malt extrac...
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2025
other
The aim of this study was to compare two different strains of Pekin duck and to answer one scientific hypothesis: 1) Strain and sex influence live body weight, hot and cold carcass...
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2025
other
This study aimed to compare the in vitro <b>biological activities</b> of aqueous leaf extracts from <i>Spinacia oleracea</i> and <i>Basella rubra</i>. Extraction was performed usin...
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PMID: 41425863
DOI: 10.1155/bri/7140041
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2025
pharmacology
The drying of medicinal plants is a crucial step in their processing since it preserves the active ingredients and increases their shelf life. Traditional drying methods often exhi...
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PMID: 40677999
DOI: 10.1155/ijbm/4533070
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2025
Frontiers in Nutrition
gc ms
Pediococcus pentosaceus JS35 was used to improve flavor, metabolic profile and antioxidant activity of mulberry leaf powder. Gas chromatography ion mobility spectrometry (GC-IMS) a...
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2025
aroma analysis
This study aims to explore compositional changes of oligosaccharides, amino-type nitrogen, free amino acids volatile compounds, isoflavones, total phenol, total flavonoid, and anti...
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2025
gc ms
Bacterial diseases are a global problem that threatens human health and cause many deaths each year. The alarming rise in bacterial resistance to modern antimicrobials is particula...
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2025
gc ms
Bacteria have been long proposed to harbor ancestral forms of the bifunctional terpene synthases found in plants. Recent studies described the first identification of these fused b...
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PMID: 40511979
DOI: 10.1039/d5ob00724k
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2025
other
With the advancement of scientific knowledge and global awareness, a trend of utilizing natural resources, such as herbal and medicinal plants, for disease prevention and treatment...
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PMID: 41104350
DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.71053
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2025
sensory panel
Cold-smoked salmon (CSS) is highly susceptible to spoilage due to its processing and storage requirements. This study leverages a multi-omics approach to unravel the complex intera...
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2025
aroma analysis
This study utilized LF-NMR, SEM, and GC × GC-TOFMS to analyze the distribution of water molecules, microstructure, and volatile compounds during drying process of areca nuts. A dry...
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2025
pharmacology
To strengthen the agriculture sector, it is crucial to combine the efforts of industrialization (field mechanization and fertilizer production), technology (genome editing and mani...
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PMID: 40196302
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.19058
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2025
gc ms
<h4>Introduction</h4>To explore the origin and evolution of Ligusticum Chuanxiong, we conducted a component analysis of Ligusticum Chuanxiong and its medicinal relatives.<h4>Method...
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2025
aeda
Red goji berries, reputed worldwide as "superfruit", are commonly marketed after natural drying or hot-air drying. A sensomics approach was applied to the aroma analysis of red goj...
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PMID: 40647140
DOI: 10.3390/foods14132388
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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.