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Andrea Irías Mata Profesora Asociada/Química - Investigadora  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.   2511-8827 Fax: (506)-2511-4346

Perfil Académico

Educación

• 2019: Dr. rer. nat. (Ph.D.) in Natural Sciences (Magna cum laude). Studies on food biochemistry and the relation with nutrition. Universität Hohenheim. Stuttgart, Germany.

• 2012: Master in Science (M.Sc) in Chemistry. Universidad de Costa Rica. San José, Costa Rica

• 2009: Bachelor in Science (B.Sc) in Chemistry. Universidad de Costa Rica. San José, Costa Rica.

Academic stays abroad

• 2015-2019: Estudiante de doctorado (w/ Prof. Dr. Jan Frank). Instituto de Ciencias Nutricionales. División: Food Biofunctionality. Universität Hohenheim. Stuttgart, Alemania. Financiada por el programa Exceed Program Food Securtity Center, Universität Hohenheim.

• 2014: Beca de investigación por 2 meses (w/ Prof. Dr. Reinhold Carle). Instituto de Ciencias Alimentarias y Biotecnología. División: Plant foodstuff Technology. Universität Hohenheim. Stuttgart, Alemania. Financiada por Universidad de Costa Rica.

Awards

• 2015-2019: Beca de excelencia por "Exceed Program of the Food Security Center" financiada por el German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) y el Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) para el PhD Program “Global Food Security”. Universität Hohenheim. Stuttgart, Alemania.

Publicaciones

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2025

• Gómez-Pérez K, Sánchez-Murillo S, Sandí-Bolaños C, Chegnimonhan M, Jiménez VM, Viñas M, Irías-Mata A. (2025) (Poly)phenol-rich extracts from six tropical fruits: antifungal and antimycotoxin activity against Fusarium verticillioides. Pure and Applied Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2024-0303

• Vinas M, Irías-Mata A, Chacón-Ordoñez T, Quesada-Grosso R, Arce-Villalobos K, Holst-Sanjuán A, Quesada-Román I, Sandi-Bolaños C. (2025). Polyphenols from common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) with antimycotoxigenic potential against fumonisin B₁. ACS Food Science & Technology 5: 537–544. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsfoodscitech.4c00640

• Holst A, Carvajal-Campos P, Canales-Ochoa YM, Irías-Mata A, Vega-Fernández L, Benavides-Acevedo M, Solórzano-Cascante P, Jiménez VM. (2025). Biochemical and anatomical characteristics associated with browning of Bambusa lako Widjaja (Poaceae) in vitro shoot explants. Advances in Bamboo Science 10: 100129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bamboo.2025.100129

• León-Cortés D, Arce-Villalobos K, Bogantes-Ledezma D, Irías-Mata A, Chaves-Barrantes N, Vinas M. (2025). Anti-aflatoxin potential of phenolic compounds from common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Food Chemistry 469: 142597. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.142597

2024

• Salas-Arias K, Irías-Mata A, Sánchez-Calvo L, Brenes-Zárate MF, Abdelnour-Esquivel A, Villalta-Romero F, Calvo-Castro LA. (2024) Eliciting polyphenols in strawberry leaves: Preliminary experiments in Fragaria × ananassa Festival. Molecules. 29(11):2467. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29112467

2023

• Vega-Fernández L, Quesada-Grosso R, Viñas M, Irías-Mata A, Montes de Oca-Vásquez G, Vega-Baudrit J, Jiménez VM (2023) Current applications and future perspectives of nanotechnology for the preservation and enhancement of grain and seed traits. In: Bachheti RK, Bachheti A, Huseh A (eds.) Nanomaterials for Environmental and Agricultural Sectors. Springer, pp. 191-220

• Calvo-Castro LA, Irías-Mata A, Cano-Contreras D, Arnáez-Serrano E, Chacón-Cerdas R, Starbird-Pérez R, Morales-Sánchez J, Centeno-Cerdas C (2023) Self-emulsifying micellization of crude extracts from apple (Malus domestica cv. Anna), plum (Prunus domestica cv. Satsuma), and guava (Psidium guajava L.) fruits. Molecules 28, 3:1297. 
  
  
• Salas-Arias K, Irías-Mata A, Sánchez-Kopper A, Hernández-Moncada R, Salas-Morgan B, Villalta-Romero F, Calvo-Castro LA (2023) Strawberry Fragaria x ananassa cv. Festival: A polyphenol-based phytochemical characterization in fruit and leaf extracts. Molecules 28, 4:1865.

• Venegas-González DA, Morales-Mora E, Barrantes-Jiménez K, Gómez-Ramírez E, Fuentes-Schweizer P, Irías-Mata A (2023) Contaminación del agua del río Durazno, Costa Rica: más allá del índice holandés de calidad del agua. Cuadernos de Investigación UNED 15(1): e4339. https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v15i1.4339

2022

• Aguilar-Sandí D, Solano-Quesada G, Vargas-Ramírez E, Monge-Vargas AA, Irías-Mata A, Barboza-Barquero L (2022) Observaciones fenológicas, características del aceite e isoterma de equilibrio de las semillas de Myroxylon peruiferum (Fabaceae). Agronomía Mesoamericana 33(spe1): 51499. https://doi.org/10.15517/am.v33iespecial.51499

2020

• Irías-Mata A, Sus N, Hug M-L, Müller M, Vetter W, Frank J (2020) α-Tocomonoenol is bioavailable in mice and may partly be regulated by the function of the hepatic α-tocopherol transfer protein. Molecules 25, 4303

• Köhler R, Irías-Mata A, Ramandey E, Purwestri R, Biesalski HK (2020) Nutrient composition of the Indonesian sago grub (Rhynchophorus bilineatus). International Journal of Tropical Insect Science 40, 677–686

2018

• Irías-Mata A, Sus N, Flory S, Stock D, Woerner D, Podszun M, Frank J. (2018) α-Tocopherol transfer protein does not regulate the cellular uptake and intracellular distribution of α- and γ-tocopherols and -tocotrienols in cultured liver cells. Redox Biology 19, 28-36

• Irías-Mata A, Jiménez VM, Steingass CB, Schweiggert RM, Carle R, Esquivel P (2018) Carotenoids and xanthophyll esters of yellow and red nance fruits (Byrsonima crassifolia (L.) Kunth) from Costa Rica. Food Research International 111: 708-714

2017

• Irías-Mata A, Stuetz W, Sus N, Hammann S, Gralla K, Cordero-Solano A, Vetter W, Frank J (2017) Tocopherols, tocomonoenols, and tocotrienols in oils of Costa Rican palm fruits: A comparison between six varieties and chemical versus mechanical extraction. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 65, 7476-7482

2015

• Chaves-Ulate C, Irías-Mata A, Arias-Echandi ML (2015) Formación de acrilamida durante el procesamiento de alimentos. Una revisión. Revista Costarricense de Salud Pública 25 (2): 28-35

 2014

• Irías-Mata A, Lutz G (2014) Composición química de la biomasa residual de la planta de piña variedad MD2 proveniente de Guácimo, Limón. Revista Ciencia y Tecnología 30 (2): 27-34

2013

• Irías-Mata A, Lutz G (2013) Pineapple-stover derived furan compounds as gasoline oxygenate additive. UNED Research Journal 5 (2): 279-282

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