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.
2024
Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
pharmacology
Oats are gluten-free cereals rich in dietary fiber, β-glucans, phenolic acids, flavonoids, carotenoids, vitamin E, and phytosterols. They have been used in traditional medicine for...
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PMID: 39682925
DOI: 10.3390/foods13233853
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2024
aroma analysis
Pu'er crude tea (PCT), the initial raw material for making Pu'er tea, is favored because of unique flavor and health effects. Emotional response is helpful to explain consumers’ ch...
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2024
aeda
Aspergillus cristatus, the predominant microbe of Fuzhuan brick tea (FBT), is responsible for the creation of distinctive golden flower and unique floral aroma of FBT. The present...
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2024
Current research in food science
other
It is generally believed that there is a great relationship between hangover and the age of Baijiu. However, what factors make Baijiu (stored for a long time) feel better after dri...
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2024
Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
other
Yeasts are pivotal brewing microbes that are associated with the flavor and quality of Chinese baijiu, yet research on dominant yeasts in strong-flavor baijiu brewing remains limit...
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PMID: 39123600
DOI: 10.3390/foods13152409
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2024
Food microbiology
aroma analysis
It is well-known that the co-inoculation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and non-Saccharomyces strains can modulate and improve the aromatic quality of wine through their multi-level i...
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2024
Current microbiology
pharmacology
One of the main interests in the food industry is the preservation of food from spoilage by microorganisms or lipid oxidation. A novel alternative is the development of additives o...
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2024
Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
pharmacology
Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), a prominent polyphenol found abundantly in tea, has garnered significant attention for its potential in preventing and ameliorating a wide range...
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PMID: 38611299
DOI: 10.3390/foods13070992
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2024
Food science & nutrition
other
Peroxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids results in the creation of numerous α, β-unsaturated aldehydes, many of which are complicated by the development of diabetes. Trans, tra...
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PMID: 39554331
DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.4273
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2024
Plant physiology
aroma analysis
Citron (Citrus medica) is a representative aromatic species of the Citrus genus in the Rutaceae family. To determine the volatile profiles and genetic variation of citron, we colle...
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2024
Chemical science
other
Despite their promising potential, e.g., as ditopic, cooperatively binding Lewis acids, 9,10-dihydro-9,10-dialuminaanthracenes (DAA-R2; R: terminal Al-bonded substituent) have rema...
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PMID: 39629489
DOI: 10.1039/d4sc06940d
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2024
Food chemistry
aeda
Procyanidin B2 (Pac B2) has attracted much attention due to its strong antioxidant activity, but poor in vivo stability limits its wide application in food and medicine. In this pa...
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2024
Food chemistry
other
In this work, a nontoxic crosslinking agent, citric acid (CA), was used to crosslink glycerol-plasticized SSPS films via a heat activated reaction. Fourier transform infrared spect...
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2024
Journal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology
other
UNLABELLED: Citric acid possesses high economic value and is considered as the world's largest consumed organic acid in numerous industries. Citric acid applications range from foo...
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PMID: 40156584
DOI: 10.1093/jimb/kuaf007
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2024
RSC advances
pharmacology
Excess free radicals can have some negative effects on human health. In this paper, a nanozyme was successfully constructed by the coordination of copper ions and tannic acid, and...
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PMID: 39529749
DOI: 10.1039/d4ra05314a
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2024
Nutrients
other
Autoimmune bullous diseases (AIBDs) are a group of conditions marked by the formation of blisters and erosions on the skin and mucous membranes. It occurs in all age groups, slight...
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PMID: 39599747
DOI: 10.3390/nu16223961
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2024
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
aeda
Wild edible boletes mushrooms are regarded as a delicacy in many countries and regions due to their rich nutritional contents and strong aromatic compounds. This study aimed to ide...
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2024
Biomolecules
pharmacology
Recent studies have shown that a pro-inflammatory diet and dysbiosis, especially a high level of trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO), are associated with various adverse health condition...
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PMID: 38397447
DOI: 10.3390/biom14020210
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2024
Biology
other
Trimethylaminuria (TMAU) is a rare metabolic syndrome caused by the accumulation of trimethylamine in the body, causing odor emissions similar to rotten fish in affected patients....
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2024
Insects
other
Phosphine (PH3) has been widely used as a fumigant in food storage, but increasing PH3 resistance in major pests makes finding alternative fumigants urgent. Methyl benzoate (MBe),...
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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.