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
Honeydew honey (HH) is a distinctive type of honey known for its dark colour, high mineral and polyphenol content, and pronounced biological activity. This study continues previous...
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PMID: 40428448
DOI: 10.3390/foods14101668
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2025
BMC complementary medicine and therapies
gc ms
BACKGROUND: Honey has been successfully used in wound care and cosmetics because of its effective biological properties, including antibacterial, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory...
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2025
Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science and Technology UIN Walisongo
other
Essential oils from Citrus hystrix DC. are known for their rich bioactive composition, particularly citronellal, which has extensive applications in the fragrance and pharmaceutica...
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2025
gc ms
Oral diseases affect more than 3.5 billion people globally, representing a major public health burden, particularly in low- and middle-income countries where access to dental care...
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2025
sensory panel
<h4>Introduction</h4>In May 2020, the United Kingdom banned menthol as a characteristic flavor in cigarettes. This study aimed to test cigarettes on sale in England in 2021-2022 fo...
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PMID: 40227605
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntaf064
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2025
threshold study
Clear acidic protein beverages are made with whey protein isolate (WPI) due to its solubility at pH 3.3. These beverages can display a soapy off-flavor, which is not detected at ne...
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2025
other
Insects use volatile organic compounds (VOCs) as environmental cues for resource-searching. Volatile cues provide information that can attract pollinators and natural enemies or re...
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2025
aroma analysis
Humulus lupulus L., commonly known as hop, is a perennial crop grown worldwide and is well known for its pharmacological, commercial, and most importantly brewing applications. For...
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PMID: 40270483
DOI: 10.1111/mec.17769
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2025
sensory panel
The proliferation of research on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in food science and engineering has made it increasingly difficult to synthesise relevant insights effectively. Althou...
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2025
other
Plants require a flexible avoidance mechanism as they need to cope with external stimuli and challenges through complex specialized metabolites, among which volatile terpenoids mak...
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2025
other
Twelve Polish pea varieties were malted, and their technological properties were assessed, using a congress mashing regime. Alpha-amylase addition was also used to determine whethe...
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PMID: 41008197
DOI: 10.3390/foods14183224
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2025
Food chemistry
other
Lentils are gaining attention with the rise of plant-based diets, yet their consumption remains limited, partly due to poor canning quality. To identify the factors affecting canni...
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2025
other
The mosquito <i>Aedes albopictus</i> is a vector of several harmful viruses, necessitating the development of safer and more sustainable repellents than DEET. This study evaluated...
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2025
other
In the present study, the effect of sodium alginate nanoparticles (SANPs) combined with <i>lemon verbena</i> plant leaf essential oil (LVEOs) (concentrations of 0.25%, 0.5%, and 1%...
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PMID: 41179366
DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.71126
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2025
gc ms
<h4>Context</h4>The spread of novel viruses substantiates the need for alternative antiviral agents. Plant-based extracts, such as essential oils (EOs), are highly relevant due to...
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2025
gc ms
Culinary herbs and spices are valued worldwide for their flavor, aroma, and medicinal benefits. They encompass diverse bioactive metabolites, such as polyphenols and terpenoids, wh...
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PMID: 40361539
DOI: 10.3390/foods14091456
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2025
other
<h4>Background</h4>In this study, the efficacy of three essential oil extraction techniques steam entrainment, Soxhlet extraction, and supercritical fluid extraction (SCF) was eval...
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PMID: 40626091
DOI: 10.2147/jep.s521028
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2025
pharmacology
The cultivation of citrus fruits has increased significantly around the globe due to rising consumer demand. The citrus fruit processing industry produces approx. 110 to 120 millio...
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2025
other
In this study, a novel active food packaging hybrid nanofibrous mats were fabricated from gelatin (G), chitosan (Ch), polyamide-6 (PA6), and <i>Cedrus atlantica</i> essential oil (...
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2025
aeda
Aromatic plants produce essential oils (EOs) with diverse phytochemicals and biological applications. This study investigated three eco-friendly nanoemulsions of Lemon peel (LPO),...
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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.