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
The research utilized a combination of gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS), gas chromatography-ion mobility spectrometry (GC-IMS), and E-nose to examine the impact of fat...
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2025
pharmacology
<h4>Background</h4>The circadian rhythms, intrinsic 24-hour oscillations in physiological and cellular processes, serve as fundamental regulators of cellular function and metabolis...
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2025
gc ms
<h4>Background</h4>Echinops spinosus (ES), known as spiny globe thistle, has been widely used in traditional medicine to treat various ailments, such as splenic and renal disorders...
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2025
gc ms
Several investigations have identified volatile organic compounds (VOCs) as potential biomarkers for the detection and identification of microbial contamination of metabolically ac...
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2025
aeda
Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography-olfactometry-time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC × GC-O-TOF-MS) is valued for its high resolution, sensitivity, and odor identific...
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2025
gc ms
Storage duration significantly influences the aroma profile of raw Pu-erh tea. To comprehensively investigate the differences in the volatile compounds across various vintages of r...
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2025
gc ms
Headspace solid‐phase microextraction‐gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (HS‐SPME‐GC–MS) and electronic nose analysis were used to analyse the changes in volatile components in t...
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2025
aeda
Flavor perception plays a decisive role in consumer choice of dairy products. That confer overall flavor formation, far less is known about the critical flavor compound of the spec...
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2025
gc ms
Chicken with Armillaria mellea prepared via pressure cooking is a traditional Chinese delicacy with great potential for food development. Optimizing its cooking time is crucial. In...
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PMID: 39796373
DOI: 10.3390/foods14010083
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2025
pharmacology
Mushrooms, which are an integral part of human nutrition and traditional medicine in various cultures, including Asia, the Americas, Africa, and Europe, appear to be an ideal food...
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2025
gc ms
<i>Flammulina velutipes</i> (enoki mushroom) is a functional edible mushroom rich in antioxidants, polysaccharides, mycosterols, fiber, and minerals. Accumulating evidence highligh...
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PMID: 41097184
DOI: 10.3390/nu17193107
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2025
gc ms
Flammulina velutipes is a well-known edible mushroom which is consumed for its nutri-tional value. F. velutipes is also known as enoki mushroom, a good source of antioxidants, fibe...
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2025
gc ms
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are key determinants of the aroma characteristics in vegetable crops. They not only directly affect consumer sensory experiences but also play imp...
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2025
aroma analysis
This study aimed to evaluate the effect of 20 rootstocks on Cabernet-Sauvignon grown in the GreffAdapt plot, a long-term experimental vineyard designed to study rootstock-scion int...
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2025
aroma analysis
In this study, the effects of hot-air drying (HAD), hot-air combined microwave vacuum drying (HAD-MVD), vacuum freeze drying (VFD), and natural drying (ND) on the color, textural p...
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2025
other
This study aims to elucidate the quality differences among Tan lamb from three major production regions and investigate the influence and regulation of lipids on regional sheep mea...
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PMID: 41375984
DOI: 10.3390/foods14234046
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2025
gc ms
<i>Morchella sextelata</i> is a valuable and popular commercial edible fungus in China. Hot-air drying can enhance the flavor and quality of edible mushrooms; however, the resultin...
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PMID: 40979575
DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.70826
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2025
gc ms
Marinating is a traditional cooking medium primarily used in preparing braised dishes, with its flavor profile largely determined by the characteristics and processing properties o...
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2025
Food chemistry
gc ms
Morel (Morchella spp.) is highly valued and increasingly widely cultivated in China. However, due to the limited analysis of its flavor components and origin, its full utilization...
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2025
other
As demand for plant-based bakery products rises, suitable egg substitutes are needed to preserve product quality. This study evaluated the functional, nutritional, and sensory effe...
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PMID: 40941130
DOI: 10.3390/foods14173012
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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.