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.
2026
Analytica chimica acta
other
BACKGROUND: Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in human exhaled breath serve as molecular fingerprints that reflect metabolic dysregulation and can indicate the onset and progressio...
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2026
PloS one
other
This study investigated the preservative potential of four essential oils (EOs): citronella (Ci), Litsea cubeba (Lc), Coleus amboinicus (Ca), and kaffir lime (Kl) for minced chicke...
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2026
Journal of the science of food and agriculture
other
BACKGROUND: Safer, plant-derived alternatives to hydroquinone are needed for managing hyperpigmentation. Steam-distilled oils of Periploca sepium (China) and Periploca angustifolia...
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2026
gc ms
Pomegranate (<i>Punica granatum</i> L.) has attracted considerable attention for its anticancer potential; however, mechanistic studies employing bioactivity-guided fractions from...
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PMID: 41898668
DOI: 10.3390/ijms27062808
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2026
Food microbiology
aroma analysis
1-Propanol is a crucial flavor compound in Jiang-flavor Baijiu, yet the key microbial pathways and environmental factors controlling its synthesis have not been systematically inve...
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2026
other
<b>Background/Objectives</b>: Essential oils (EOs) from plants of the genus <i>Cinnamomum</i> have been widely used based on their antimicrobial, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory...
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2026
gc ms
<i>Moringa oleifera</i> is known for its diverse therapeutic properties, including anticancer effects attributed to its rich phytochemical profile; yet, its poor solubility and sta...
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PMID: 41756168
DOI: 10.1039/d5na00473j
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2026
aeda
This study compared flavor alterations in high-oleic peanuts (<i>Huayu 6317</i>) and their normal-oleic parent (<i>Huayu 23</i>) under raw, boiled, deep-fried, and roasted conditio...
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2026
gc ms
This case study reports the forensic identification of N-methylaniline (NMA) in an automotive gasoline sample seized from a gas station in Brazil, with a semi-quantitative estimate...
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2026
Journal of the science of food and agriculture
aeda
BACKGROUND: Citrus wine, a value-added product of citrus deep processing, often exhibits unwanted bitterness caused by naringin and limonin, along with an aroma, which limits consu...
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2026
gc ms
This study was conducted to elucidate the molecular and metabolic differences in ileal development according to birth weight in neonatal piglets. A total of 126 neonatal piglets bo...
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PMID: 41594403
DOI: 10.3390/ani16020213
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2026
gc ms
Rare earth elements (REEs) are not rare, but rather abundant in the earth's crust and excellent catalysts for a multitude of organic reactions. They have been recently shown to be...
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2026
aroma analysis
<h4>Introduction</h4>Tea (Camellia sinensis) is globally consumed for its pleasant flavor, with sweetness being a key factor in evaluating tea quality. While taste compounds contri...
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2026
gc ms
Chloroxylon swietenia is a medicinally important tree with documented traditional therapeutic applications. Despite its ethnomedicinal significance, comprehensive phytochemical cha...
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2026
gc ms
Endophytic fungi can influence plant development through diverse molecular mechanisms; however, their volatile organic compound VOC-mediated effects on agriculturally relevant crop...
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2026
Scientific reports
aeda
Aromatic compounds constitute the primary chemical components responsible for the distinctive flavor characteristics of cigars and play a pivotal role in cigar quality assessment....
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2026
other
<title>Abstract</title> <p> Septoria tritici blotch (STB), caused by <italic>Zymoseptoria tritici</italic> , is one of the most damaging foliar diseases of bread wheat ( <ital...
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2026
pharmacology
Iodine deficiency remains a global public health concern. Preliminary studies confirmed that cauliflower can serve as a carrier for iodine salts. However, the influence of its endo...
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PMID: 41596913
DOI: 10.3390/foods15020315
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2026
gc ms
NS3 protein is highly conserved among all the four antigenically different serotypes of Dengue virus (DENV) and has an indispensable role in viral replication. Fifty-four molecules...
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2026
Pest management science
gc ms
BACKGROUND: Aspergillus flavus and the produced carcinogenic aflatoxins pose severe threats to food safety and human health. The control of A. flavus and aflatoxins have become a f...
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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.