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  Food Analysis, Culinary Chemistry and Nutrition (AAQCN)

General data

Field of study:
Experimental Sciences
Director:
PRATS MOYA, MARIA SOLEDAD
Website:
E-mail:
maria.prats@ua.es
Telephone:
+34 965903400 x 3777

Annual reports

Annual report
  • Food chemical, sensory and nutritional analysis.
  • Analytical methods development for food quality and safety indicators.
  • Application of chemometric methods for food characterization based on their chemical composition.
  • Identification and characterization of food chemical risk.
  • Nutrition for health and in sports.
  • Gastrointestinal microbiota and clinical nutrition.
  • Use of vegetable food waste in recipe elaboration and in the obtention of extracts with functional properties.

 

 

Services offered

Physico-chemical characterization of food.

Chemical-physical characterization of foods. Nutrition labeling

Determination of components of physiological and nutritional interest in the fat fraction (fatty acids and acyl glycerols, vitamins E, A and K, sterols).

Determination of total or free amino acids. Total protein content.

Analysis of the mineral fraction in different food matrices.

Chemical hazards of food. Determination of acrylamide, biogenic amines...

Determination of functional properties of foods: antiradical and antioxidant capacity, polyphenol content, fiber content ...

Evaluation of the cyanogenic potential of plant products.

Determination of the oxidative stability of oils of vegetable origin.

Characterization of the volatile profile of some foods. Aromatic determination in foods.

Culinary quality of food

Study of variation of the nutritional value of cooked and raw products. Nutrient retention factor.

Application of chemometric techniques for the interpretation of results.

Studies of recipe adaptations to make them healthier.

Sourdough bread.

Development of new packaging and packaging systems for food applications.

Nutrition in sports and health.

 

 

Results

Varietal and geographical characterization of almonds based on profiles of their fat fraction,  free amino acids, their mineral composition. Spanish almond discrimination of Californian origin. Monitoring the degree of oxidation of vegetable oils by instrumental techniques (GC, IR, DSC, NMR). Development of new alternative methods for the determination of tocopherol and sitosterol, amygdalin and prunasin, mono and oligosaccharides in foods of plant origin. Determination of quality parameters and characteristic profiles of olive oils in the region. Determination of fatty acid profiles in captive fish. Application of chemometric techniques to the data.
 

 

 

Available relevant infrastructure

-2 cromatógrafos HPLC con detectores UV-visible, fluorescencia, RI, y fila de diodos. (Waters) -2 cromatógrafos de gases con detectores FID y ECD. (Fisons) - Espectrómetro de FTIR, Vectra 22 (Bruker) - Espectrofotómetro UV-Vis Genesis 10 Scaning (ThermoSpectronic) -Extractor recuperador de disolventes (Selecta) -Digestor de microondas MSP-1000 (CEM) -Liofilizador (Telstar) -Rotavapor (Buchi) -Baño termostático (Memert) -2 equipos de extracción en fase sólida (Baker) -Sistema de filtración de disolventes (Milipore) -Centrifuga 5000 rpm (Alresa) -Bloque metálico calefactor (Stuart Scientific) - Refractómetro ABBE 3TAtaio

 

 

Proyectos See search box

RELEVANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO RESEARCH PROJECTS
  • Project title: Mejora de los parámetros físicos y fisiológicos en mujeres celíacas menopáusicas o post-menopáusicas. Efectos de la dieta sin gluten y ejercicio físicoING
    Competitive: Yes
    European: No
    Public: Yes
    Project sponsors: GENERALITAT VALENCIANA
    Starting date: 01/12/2017
    Termination date: 30/11/2019
  • Project title: Desarrollo de un envase activo antioxidante y potenciador del aroma para frutos secosING
    Competitive: Yes
    European: No
    Public: Yes
    Project sponsors: GENERALITAT VALENCIANA
    Starting date: 01/12/2018
    Termination date: 30/11/2022
  • Project title: ESTUDIO Y DISEÑO DE NUEVOS PROGRAMAS DE DIETÉTICO-NUTRICIONALES SOSTENIBLES Y EJERCICIO TERAPÉUTICO EN LA PREVENCIÓN DE ALTERACIONES METABÓLICAS Y MUSCULOESQUELÉTICAS. ACRÓNIMO: SUSTAINA.ING
    Competitive: Yes
    European: No
    Public: Yes
    Project sponsors: UNIVERSIDAD DE ALICANTE
    Starting date: 11/12/2023
    Termination date: 10/12/2026
  • Project title: Nuevas herramientas para el análisis multielemental y de especies de arsénico y silicio en alimentos (bio)combustibles y aguasING
    Competitive: Yes
    European: No
    Public: Yes
    Project sponsors: MINISTERIO DE CIENCIA, INNOVACION Y UNIVERSIDADES
    Starting date: 01/09/2022
    Termination date: 31/08/2026
  • Project title: Anfípodos como Innovación para el Reciclado de nutrientes dentro de la Acuicultura Multitrófica. Valorización de producto ING
    Competitive: Yes
    European: No
    Public: Yes
    Project sponsors: FUNDACION BIODIVERSIDAD
    Starting date: 03/01/2022
    Termination date: 02/09/2022
  • Project title: Cultivo y Aprovechamiento de invertebrados Marinos en sistemas acuícolas de Bajo Impacto AmbientalING
    Competitive: Yes
    European: No
    Public: Yes
    Project sponsors: FUNDACION BIODIVERSIDAD
    Starting date: 22/07/2024
    Termination date: 22/01/2026
  • Project title: MABEL - 'Sistema de Apoyo Integral para la Gestión del Síndrome Metabólico: Integración de Tecnologías Avanzadas de Entrenamiento y Monitoreo de Glucosa'ING
    Competitive: Yes
    European: No
    Public: Yes
    Project sponsors: UNIVERSIDAD DE ALICANTE
    Starting date: 01/05/2024
    Termination date: 30/04/2025
  • Project title: ESTANCIA EN: Sciensano (BELGICA) UAEEBB23-02ING
    Competitive: Yes
    European: No
    Public: Yes
    Project sponsors: UNIVERSIDAD DE ALICANTE
    Starting date: 01/03/2024
    Termination date: 31/05/2024
  • Project title: Diseño y planteamiento de aplicación digital de una dieta saludable y sostenibleING
    Competitive: Yes
    European: No
    Public: Yes
    Project sponsors: UNIVERSIDAD DE ALICANTE
    Starting date: 01/02/2024
    Termination date: 31/01/2025
  • Project title: ESTANCIA EN: University of Rzeszów, (POLONIA) UAFPU20-31 ING
    Competitive: Yes
    European: No
    Public: Yes
    Project sponsors: UNIVERSIDAD DE ALICANTE
    Starting date: 01/02/2024
    Termination date: 30/04/2024

Publications See search box

RELEVANT CONTRIBUTIONS IN JOURNALS
  • Title: Total polyphenol content and metals determination in Spanish virgin olive oils by means of a dispersive liquid-liquid aerosol phase extraction method and ICP-MS
    Authors: , Mirón, C.; Sánchez, R.; Prats Moya, MS; , Prats, S.; Todolí, J.L.
    Journals Analytica Chimica Acta
    Volume: 1094
    Pages: 34 - 46
    Date: 2020
    ISSN: 0003-2670
  • Title: EFFECT OF  DIET MANAGEMENT ON ANXIETY IN COMBAT SPORTS
    Authors: Martínez-Rodriguez, A.; , Vicente-Salar, N.; , Montero-Carretero, C.; , Cervelló-Gimeno, E.; , Roche-Collado, EJ.
    Journals Universitas Psychologica
    Volume: 18
    Pages: 1 - 13
    Date: 2019
    ISSN: 1657-9267
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.upsy18-2.edma
  • Title: Effect of magnetic ion exchange (MIEX®) on removal of emerging organic contaminants
    Authors: López Ortiz, C; Sentana Gadea, I.; Varó Galvañ, P.; Maestre, S.; Prats, D.
    Journals Chemosphere
    Volume: 208
    Pages: 433 - 440
    Date: 2018
    ISSN: 0045-6535
  • Title: Impact of a motivational resistance-training programme on adherence and body composition in the elderly
    Authors: , Marcos-Pardo, PJ.; Martínez-Rodriguez, A.; , Gil-Arias, A.
    Journals Scientific Reports
    Volume: 8
    Pages: 1370 - 1380
    Date: 2018
    ISSN: 2045-2322
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-19764-6
  • Title: Chemometric comparison of almond oxidation rates using kinetic parameters obtained by infrared spectroscopy
    Authors: Prats Moya, MS; , Roman-Falco, I.; Maestre, S.; , Prats-Moya, M. S; Grané, N.; , Maestre Pérez, S.; , L Martín Carratalá Nuria Grané Teruel
    Journals Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
    Volume:
    Pages: -
    Date: 2020
    ISSN: 0022-5142
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.10513
  • Title: Adherencia a la Nutrición Enteral Domiciliaria
    Authors: Cheikh Moussa-Chraiteh, A. C. K.
    Journals Hospital a Domicilio
    Volume:
    Pages: -
    Date:
    ISSN: 2530-5115
  • Title: Análisis de dos modelos asistenciales para la atención de las emergencias extrahospitalarias en Guipúzcoa: Estudio retrospectivo [Analysis of two health attendance models for the non-hospital emergencies in Gipuzkoa: Retrospective study]. 
    Authors: Cheikh Moussa-Chraiteh, A. C. K.
    Journals Journal of Healthcare Quality Research
    Volume:
    Pages: -
    Date:
    ISSN: 2603-6479
  • Title: Effect of Natural Turf, Artificial Turf, and Sand Surfaces on Sprint Performance. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis  
    Authors: , Javier Sánchez-Sánchez; Martínez-Rodriguez, A.; Felipe, José Luis; Hernández Martín, Antonio; Ubago Guisado, Esther; Bangsbo, Jens; Gallardo, Leonor; Garcia Unanue, Jorge
    Journals International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
    Volume: 17(24)
    Pages: 9478 - 9490
    Date:
    ISSN: 1661-7827
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17249478
  • Title: Effects of a nutritional intervention in a fast-track program for a colorectal cancer surgery: systematic review
    Authors: Cheikh Moussa-Chraiteh, A. C. K.
    Journals Nutricion Hospitalaria
    Volume:
    Pages: -
    Date:
    ISSN: 0212-1611
  • Title: Effects of 12 weeks of strength training and gluten-free diet on quality of life, body composition and strength in women with celiac disease: A randomized controlled trial0
    Authors: Prats Moya, MS
    Journals Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
    Volume: 109600
    Pages: -
    Date:
    ISSN: 2076-3417
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app112210960
RELEVANT PUBLISHED BOOKS
  • Title: Introducción a la experimentación en Química Analítica
    Authors: Gras, L.; Maestre, S.; Mora, J.; Todolí, J.L.
    Editorial: Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Alicante
    Date: 2005
    ISBN: 84-7908-837-0
  • Title: Introducció a l¿experimentació química i a les tècniques instrumentals en Química Analítica
    Authors: Gras, L.; , Mora, J.; Todolí, J.L.; Maestre, S.
    Editorial: Secretariat de Promoció del Valencià - Universitat d'Alacant
    Date: 2004
    ISBN:
  • Title: Manual de Química de las Disoluciones 2ª Edición
    Authors: Berenguer-Navarro, V.; Santiago, J.M.
    Editorial: ECU
    Date: 2003
    ISBN: 84-8454-273-4
  • Title: Equilibris iònics en dissolució (I).
    Authors: Maestre, S.; , Maestre, S.E.; , Mora, J.; Hernandis, V.; Todolí, J.L.
    Editorial: Secretariat de Promoció del Valencià - Universitat d'Alacant
    Date: 2002
    ISBN:
  • Title: Manual de Química de las disoluciones.
    Authors: Berenguer-Navarro, V.; Santiago, J.M.
    Editorial: ECU
    Date: 1999
    ISBN:
RELEVANT PUBLISHED BOOK CHAPTERS
  • Book chapter title: Composición química de la alcachofa y evidencias sobre sus efectos beneficiosos para la saludWhat do you want to do ?New mailCopy
    Authors: Prats Moya, MS; , Altavilla C.; , Prats-Moya, M. S
    Editorial: Universitat d'Alacant
    Pages: 45 - 56
    Date: 2020
    ISBN:
    Book title: La alcachofa, de la huerta a la mesa. Recetas de Moisés Martínez y estudios sobre el paisaje, el cultivo y sus valores nutricionales.
  • Book chapter title: Innovations in packaging of fermented food products.
    Authors: , Begonya Marcos; Bueno-Ferrer, C.; , Carmen Bueno Ferrer; , Avelina Fernández.
    Editorial: Springer
    Pages: 311 - 333
    Date: 2017
    ISBN:
    Book title: Novel Food Fermentation Technologies

    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-42457-6
  • Book chapter title: Introducción a la calidad del helado. Calidad químico-física y sensorial.
    Authors: Prats Moya, MS
    Editorial: Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Alicante
    Pages: 335 - 370
    Date: 2017
    ISBN:
    Book title: Fundamentos científicos de la heladería
  • Book chapter title: Química de los helados
    Authors: Maestre, S.
    Editorial: Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Alicante
    Pages: 33 - 140
    Date: 2017
    ISBN:
    Book title: Fundamentos científicos de la heladería
  • Book chapter title: Essential oils: GC analysis
    Authors: Prats Moya, MS; Jiménez, A.
    Editorial: Taylor and Francis Group
    Pages: 809 - 815
    Date: 2009
    ISBN:
    Book title: Encyclopedia of Chromatography
  • Book chapter title: Aprendizaje cooperativo en las prácticas de la asignatura de Ciencia y Tecnología Culinaria
    Authors: , Prats Moya, María Soledad; , Burgos Bolufer, Nuria; , Cheikh Moussa Chraiteh, Al Cheiktha Kamela; , Maestre Pérez, Salvador E.; , Martínez Amoros, Natalia; , Martínez Rodriguez, Alejandro; , Roca Olmos, David; SANCHEZ-ALBERT, M.A.; , Sanchez Albert, María Agueda; , Torrijo Boix, Stephanie
    Editorial: UNIVERSIDAD DE ALICANTE
    Pages: 467 - 468
    Date: 2021
    ISBN:
    Book title: REDES-INNOVAESTIC 2021. Libro de Actas
  • Book chapter title: Composición nutricional de pescados y mariscos
    Authors: Maestre, S.
    Editorial:
    Pages: 35 - 46
    Date: 2021
    ISBN:
    Book title: Guía culinaria para provechar mejor el pescado de nuestras costas
  • Book chapter title: CONSUMO DE PESCADO EN UNA DIETA EQUILIBRADA Y EN EL DEPORTE COMPETITIVO
    Authors: Martínez-Rodriguez, A.
    Editorial: Publicaciones Universidad de Alicante
    Pages: 57 - 66
    Date: 2021
    ISBN:
    Book title: GUIA CULINARIA PARA APROVECHAR MEJOR EL PESCADO DE NUESTRAS COSTAS
  • Book chapter title: Diseño y desarrollo de acciones de apoyo, orientación y refuerzo para el alumnado de la asignatura de Bromatología del Grado de Gastronomía y Artes Culinarias
    Authors: Beltrán, A.; , Ana Beltrán Sanahuja; Sánchez, R.; , Raquel Sanchez Romero; , Adriana Juan-Polo; Maestre, S.; , Salvador E. Maestre Pérez; Sanz-Lázaro, C.; , Carlos Sanz-Lázaro; Todolí, J.L.; , José Luis Todolí Torró; Bueno-Ferrer, C.; , Carmen Bueno Ferrer; Valdés, A.; , Al Cheiktha Kamelaa Cheikh Moussa Chraiteh; , Arantzazu Valdés García
    Editorial: UNIVERSIDAD DE ALICANTE
    Pages: 368 - 369
    Date: 2021
    ISBN:
    Book title: REDES-INNOVAESTIC 2021. Libro de Actas
  • Book chapter title: ESTRATEGIAS Y RECOMENDACIONES DIETÉTICO-NUTRICIONALES EN EL ARBITRAJE FEMENINO
    Authors: Martínez-Rodriguez, A.; , María Martínez-Olcina; Hernández García, María; , Mª Soledad Prats Moya; , Guillermo Grindlay Lledo; , Juan Mora
    Editorial: Publicaciones Universidad de Alicante
    Pages: 71 - 92
    Date: 2021
    ISBN:
    Book title: SALUD Y RENDIMIENTO EN EL ARBITRAJE FEMENINO
RELEVANT CONFERENCE PAPERS
  • Title: Experiencias de participación de los estudiantes en el diseño e implementación de actividades curriculares
    Authors: Grané, N.; Todolí, J.L.; Mora, J.; Beltrán, A.; Mancheño-Magán, B.
    Type of participation: Ponencia invitada
    Conference name: Univest 08
    Event type: Internacional
    City of performance:
    Date of performance: 02/06/2008
  • Title: Microwave-assisted headspace ionic-liquid single-drop microextration of chlorobenzenes from water samples
    Authors: Vidal, L.; , Marken, F.; , Psillakis, E.; Grané, N.; Canals, A.
    Type of participation: Ponencia
    Conference name: Trends in Sample Preparation 07
    Event type: Internacional
    City of performance: Graz (AUSTRIA)
    Date of performance: 26/06/2007
  • Title: Changes in the nutritional composition of sea and land-based cultured algae and other sources of variation 
    Authors: Prats Moya, MS
    Type of participation: Póster
    Conference name: 37th EFFoST International Conference 2023
    Event type: Internacional
    City of performance: AEROPUERTO DE MANISES (VALENCIA) (VALENCIA/ VALÈNCIA) (ESPAÑA)
    Date of performance: 06/11/2023
  • Title: Effect of UV treatment on the Quality of white, black, green and pink peppercorns
    Authors: Prats Moya, MS
    Type of participation: Póster
    Conference name: 37th EFFoST International Conference 2023
    Event type: Internacional
    City of performance: AEROPUERTO DE MANISES (VALENCIA) (VALENCIA/ VALÈNCIA) (ESPAÑA)
    Date of performance: 06/11/2023
  • Title: Age-dependent dental topography variability in Eastern Chimpanzees
    Authors: , Alejandro Romero Rameta; Torrijo S; Fiorenza, Luca; , Alejandro Pérez-Pérez; Galvany, Jordi
    Type of participation: Póster
    Conference name: 92nd Annual Meeting, Reno, Nevada (2023)
    Event type: Internacional
    City of performance:
    Date of performance: 03/04/2023
  • Title: PATTERNS OF VARIATION IN DENTAL MORPHOMETRICS AMONG PAN SPECIES
    Authors: , Alejandro Romero Rameta; Torrijo S; , Alejandro Pérez-Pérez; Galvany, Jordi
    Type of participation: Póster
    Conference name: VIII Iberian Primatological Conference
    Event type: Europeo
    City of performance: (ESPAÑA)
    Date of performance: 05/10/2022
  • Title: Efecto de un entrenamiento de fuerza resistencia acuático sobre la composición corporal y la fuerza isométrica de cuádriceps en mujeres mayores.
    Authors: , BERNARDO JOSE CUESTAS CALERO; , Pablo J Marcos-Pardo; Skovgaard, Casper; Martínez-Rodriguez, A.
    Type of participation: Comunicación
    Conference name: XVII World Conference on Kinanthropometry (ISAK-UA 2022)
    Event type: Internacional
    City of performance: Alicante/ Alacant (ALICANTE/ALACANT) (ESPAÑA)
    Date of performance: 14/07/2022
  • Title: Relative body fat of competitive volleyball players estimated from skinfold thickness measurements ¿ a systematic review
    Authors: Martínez-Rodriguez, A.
    Type of participation: Ponencia invitada
    Conference name: XVII World Conference on Kinanthropometry (ISAK-UA 2022)
    Event type: Internacional
    City of performance: (ESPAÑA)
    Date of performance: 14/07/2022
  • Title: ONLINE BODY COMPOSITION ASSESSMENT PRACTICES IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS OF NUTRITION AND DIETETICS
    Authors: Martínez-Rodriguez, A.
    Type of participation: Comunicación
    Conference name: 4th International Congress on Education, Innovation and Learning Technologies
    Event type: Internacional
    City of performance:
    Date of performance: 20/04/2021
  • Title: Estrategias nutricionales en deportes de combate 
    Authors: Martínez-Rodriguez, A.
    Type of participation: Ponencia invitada
    Conference name: Sports Nutrition International Conference. From evaluation to monitoring.
    Event type: Internacional
    City of performance: Guadalajara, Jalisco (MEXICO)
    Date of performance: 05/02/2021