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Pure and Applied Chemistry Volume 98, Issue 2
Frontmatter
January 23, 2026
Special Issue
Costa Rica Chemistry Congress
Guest Editors: Isaac Cespedes Camacho
A collection of invited papers based on presentations at the Costa Rica Chemistry Congress (CR 2024) held on 23–26 July 2024 in Heredia, Costa Rica.
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Preface
Isaac F. Céspedes-Camacho
Costa Rica Chemistry Congress: “Chemistry: a solution to global changes” 153
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Review Articles
Kelvin Arce-Villalobos and Daniela Jaikel-Víquez
Aflatoxin B1 chemical memo: a scientific review in a context of public health and food security crises 157
Wendy Villalobos-González, Ronald Sánchez-Brenes, Yulieth Paniagua-Alvarado, Eduard Rios-Badilla and Jacqueline Herrera-Nuñez
Preliminary physicochemical characterization of biowaste from small restaurants in Costa Rica 175
Research Articles
Sofia Benavides-Castellanos, Filiberto Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez, María Guadalupe Lomelí-Ramírez, José Antonio Silva-Guzmán, Israel Hurtado-Díaz, Antonio Bernabé-Antonio and Ricardo Manríquez-González
Green synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles for the control of insects that damage historical and art pieces made of wood 185
Katherine Gómez-Pérez, Sharlyn Sánchez-Murillo, Cinthia Sandí-Bolaños, Maude Chegnimonhan, Víctor M. Jiménez, María Vinas and Andrea Irías-Mata
(Poly)phenol-rich extracts from six tropical fruits: antifungal and antimycotoxin activity against Fusarium verticillioides 199
Isaac Peña-Romero, Isaac F. Céspedes-Camacho, Karla Ramírez-Gualito, Karla Salas-Arias and Fabián Villalta-Romero
Comparative NMR-based profiling of polyphenols in Fragaria x ananassa cv. Marisol and Festival strawberry leaves 217
José Pablo Sibaja-Brenes, Rosa Alfaro-Solís, Maria Martínez-Cruz, Ian Godfrey, Akihiko Terada, Alejandro Rodríguez, Geoffroy Avard and Guillermo E. Alvarado-Induni
Hyperacid lake monitoring from Poás Volcano, Costa Rica, using UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) 225
Milena Jiménez-Gutiérrez, Sebastián Camacho-Marín, Alejandra Muñoz-González, María Viñas, Andrea Irías-Mata and Patricia Esquivel
Bioactive compounds profile and extraction yields in coffee (Coffea arabica L.) by-products: a comparative analysis using ethanol, methanol and acetone 233
Germain Esquivel-Hernández, Mario Villalobos-Forbes, Andrés Abarca-Herrera, Emanuel Montealegre-Viales and Rolando Sánchez-Gutiérrez
First measurements of the methane concentration and its carbon stable isotope composition in the breath of Costa Ricans 249
Carolina L. Recio-Colmenares, Carlos Molina-Ramírez, Diego Mauricio Sánchez-Osorno, Edgar Mauricio Santos-Ventura and Hasbleidy Palacios-Hinestroza
Impact of sustainable polysaccharide coatings on shelf-life and quality parameters of bananas 255
Paola Sánchez-Navarro, Sergio Solano-Calderón, Jafeth Méndez and Sergio A. Paniagua
Synthesis and characterization of carbon quantum dots by microwave-assisted pyrolysis method from citrus juices and application in fluorescent bioimaging 273
Valeria Castro-Castro, Pablo Jiménez-Bonilla, Víctor Álvarez-Valverde and Javier Rodríguez-Yáñez
Pichichio extracts (Solanum mammosum) as a corrosion inhibitor of low carbon steel in an acidic environment 283
Orlando Armijo-Montes, Eduardo Thompson-Vicente and Andres Abea
Physicochemical, functional, and sensory analysis of a fiber made from a by-product of industrial peach palm heart (Bactris gasipaes) production 301
Arquímedes Velásquez, Franklin Binns, Andrea Mariela Araya-Sibaja, José Roberto Vega-Baudrit, Reinaldo Pereira-Reyes and Yendry Regina Corrales-Ureña
Endotoxin detection in nanoliposomes using diluted Limulus Amebocyte Lysate and isothermal titration calorimetry 313