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
Zanthoxylum bungeanum (Z. bungeanum) pericarp is a well-known Chinese spice. Essential oils extracted from the pericarps are major constituents and offer the convenience of further...
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2025
gc ms
The essential oil derived from the bark of <i>Cinnamomum zeylanicum</i> L., <i>Lauraceae</i>, has gained significant attention because of its numerous biological benefits. This stu...
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PMID: 40650258
DOI: 10.3390/ijms26136482
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2025
other
Terpenes are diverse plant metabolites with essential ecological and physiological functions, yet their biosynthetic regulation in lettuce (<i>Lactuca sativa</i> L.) remains poorly...
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2025
LWT
sensory panel
The aromatic compositions of hydrolysates containing grape aroma precursors obtained by two different procedures were compared. The first procedure used simply diluted mistelle, wh...
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2025
gc ms
The rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria around knee implants significantly diminishes patients' quality of life and mobility, necessitating innovative solutions to combat infecti...
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2025
Chemistry & biodiversity
gc ms
Homalomena aromatica Schott is a valuable medicinal aromatic plant having wide range of applications in ethnobotany, pharmacology, perfumery and flavor industry. Traditionally, var...
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2025
gc ms
The present study demonstrates encapsulation of <i>Coriandrum sativum</i> essential oil in chitosan nanoemulsion and its effectiveness against fungal infestation and fumonisin B<su...
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PMID: 41299992
DOI: 10.3390/foods14223834
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2025
sensory panel
To comprehensively understand the quality characteristics and key characteristic metabolites of Hangzhou Gongmei white tea (HGW), an integrated approach involving sensory evaluatio...
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PMID: 40361704
DOI: 10.3390/foods14091622
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2025
Journal of advanced research
gc ms
INTRODUCTION: The post-fermentation storage of raw Pu-erh tea (RPT) is a key process that contributes to the development of its characteristic aged flavor. Microbial activity plays...
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2025
gc ms
In this study, the chemical composition of Magnolia essential oil (MEO) was analyzed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The results indicated that terpenoids were...
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2025
gc ms
In order to reveal the changes in microbial communities and volatile flavor compounds during the fermentation process of cabbage kimchi and the correlation between them, high-throu...
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PMID: 41334232
DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.71042
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2025
aeda
To investigate the effect of the combination of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum IMAUJBP3 and Limosilactobacillus reuteri IMAUJBR3 on the quality and peptide antioxidant capacity of f...
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2025
gc ms
Hydroethanolic extracts of coriander seeds (CE), garlic bulbs (GE), and their combination (CGE), were chemically profiled using HS-SPME/GC-MS and LC-Q-TOF/MS-MS to assess volatile...
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PMID: 39901986
DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.4384
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2025
sensory panel
Aroma degradation is a pivotal technical challenge restricting the development of tea beverages. Addressing the aroma stability is a pressing issue for the tea beverage industry. I...
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2025
other
The anatomy, histochemistry, and secondary metabolite composition were investigated on the drupes of Piper malgassicum, one of the components of the spice voatsiperifery pepper. Th...
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2025
aroma analysis
Camellia sinensis cv. Fenghuang Dancong is a Chinese oolong tea famous for its aroma diversity. Cadmium chloride (CdCl<sub>2</sub>), a toxic heavy metal, impairs plant growth and t...
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2025
aroma analysis
Biofortification of crops with beneficial micronutrients like selenium (Se) and iodine (I) is a promising strategy to enhance nutritional quality while addressing global dietary de...
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2025
aeda
In this study, headspace solid-phase microextraction-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (HS-SPME-GC-MS) coupled with high-throughput sequencing was used to analyze physicochemica...
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2025
sensory panel
Rootstocks play a crucial role in viticulture because of both their agronomic benefits and impact on grape and wine chemical composition. Their influence on vigor, yield, and pheno...
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PMID: 41227567
DOI: 10.3390/foods14213593
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2025
aeda
Ageing in oak barrels affects the tertiary aroma of red wine, yet further research on the impact of different conditions used for medium toasting of barrels could still be conducte...
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PMID: 41008151
DOI: 10.3390/foods14183178
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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.