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
Food microbiology
gc ms
3-Methylbutanal, a key volatile compound contributing to the nutty flavor of cheese, was primarily produced through the microbial catabolism of leucine. This study focused on the m...
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2025
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
aroma analysis
This study simulated the oxidation and degradation processes of myofibrillar proteins (MPs) in fermented meat products using hydroxyl radical oxidation and trypsin hydrolysis. It a...
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2025
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry
other
Succinic acid is an essential bulk chemical with wide-ranging applications in materials, food, and pharmaceuticals. With the advancement of biotechnology, there has been a surge in...
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2025
Journal of dairy science
gc ms
Fermented milk is a product in daily use that faces many challenges, including natural flavor, good texture, and improvement of health benefits. In this study, Leuconostoc mesenter...
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2025
Analytical chemistry
other
3-Hydroxy-2-butanone (3H2B) is a key gaseous metabolite of Listeria monocytogenes, a potential lung cancer biomarker, and a widely used food flavoring agent, underscoring the deman...
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2025
Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology
other
A volatile organic substance produced from jasmonic acid, methyl jasmonate (MJ/MeJA), is an important plant hormone involved in stress responses and plant defense. Apart from its r...
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2025
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
aroma analysis
Alpha-cembratriene-4,6-diol (α-CBT-diol) is a complex diterpenoid primarily found in Solanaceae (i.e., tobacco leaves), Pinaceae, and marine corals. Due to its intricate chemical s...
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2025
International journal of molecular sciences
pharmacology
Self-reported food intolerances are estimated to affect between 15-20% of the population. Among them, histamine intolerance (HIT) has emerged as a focus of particular interest. It...
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PMID: 41009760
DOI: 10.3390/ijms26189198
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2025
Food chemistry
gc ms
Lotus seed juice has significant potential in the plant-based beverage market owing to its distinctive flavor. However, its sensory quality is significantly influenced by processin...
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2025
Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
gc ms
In addition to its flavor and nutritional value, the origin of kelp has become a crucial factor influencing consumer choices. Nevertheless, research on kelp's origin traceability b...
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PMID: 40238501
DOI: 10.3390/foods14071269
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2025
other
Fragrant rice is regarded as a premium variety due to its distinctive aroma, delicate texture, and rich nutritional value. This aroma primarily originates from 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline...
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PMID: 41155395
DOI: 10.3390/ijms262010102
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2025
Journal of environmental sciences (China)
other
Volatile organic chemicals (VOC) have been identified as hazardous pollutants impairing human health. While whether the VOC exposure was associated with hyperuricemia is yet clarif...
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2025
Heliyon
other
BACKGROUND: Growing evidence suggests that environmental pollutants exert a detrimental impact on female fertility. Among these pollutants, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), easil...
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2025
Ecotoxicology and environmental safety
other
BACKGROUND: Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is a global public health concern. Environmental factors are increasingly recognized as significant risk factors that cannot be overlooked...
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2025
Journal of hazardous materials
other
Evidence on the impacts of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), a class of ubiquitous environmental toxics, on sarcopenia, a major age-related global health issue, remains scarce. Da...
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2025
Frontiers in nutrition
pharmacology
BACKGROUND: Hyperuricemia (HUA) is the presence of excessive uric acid (UA) in blood, which leads to an increased risk of chronic kidney disease and gout. There are about 120 milli...
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2025
gc ms
In this work, the nonvolatile and volatile compounds were analyzed to investigate the effects of breeding and ploidy on the flavor of oysters. The oysters after breeding (November)...
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2025
Universitas Mataram
other
This study aims to determine the most preferred percentage of indian mackerel surimi addition to mantou based on panelist evaluations. The research was conducted from December 2024...
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2025
Cancer
pharmacology
Kirsten rat sarcoma (KRAS) is one of the most frequently mutated oncogenic drivers in metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The development of selective, covalent KRAS G12...
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PMID: 40172157
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.35783
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2025
other
This study aimed to investigate the effects of <i>Brevibacillus laterosporus</i> (<i>B. laterosporus</i>) supplementation on growth performance, carcass traits, antioxidant capacit...
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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.