Functional Foods and Bioactive Compounds: Modern and Medieval Approaches
31st International Conference of FFC - 19th International Symposium of ASFFBC
September 29th - October 1st, 2023, Yerevan State University in Yerevan, Armenia In-Person and Virtual/Live Online Event
Conference Speakers
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Debasis Bagchi, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston College of Pharmacy, Houston, TX, United States. A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Clinical Investigation to Evaluate the Efficacy of a Novel Patented Trigonella foenum-graecum Extract, Fenfuro®, in Type 2 Diabetics
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Marcello Iriti, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Milan State University, Milan, Italy.
Presentation topic: Ultra-processed food and agrobiodiversity loss - Mediterranean diet vs. globalized diet
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Rouben Aroutiounian, PhD, Professor, National Academy of Sciences, YSU, Yerevan, Armenia.
Presentation topic (Special Lecture): Genetics of Armenians and our dietary habits
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Levon Yepiskoposyan, PhD, Professor, National Academy of Sciences, YSU, Yerevan, Armenia.
Presentation topic (Special Lecture): Genetics of Armenians and our dietary habits
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Davit Pipoyan, PhD, Informational Analytical Center for Risk Assessment of Food Chain, Yerevan, Armenia.
Presentation topic: Macronutrient Intake Assessment Based on Household Budget Survey in Armenia
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Inga Bazukyan, PhD, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia.
Presentation topic: Biological activity of Armenian honeybees’ venom and lactic acid bacteria isolated from honeybees’ gut
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Karine Mosikyan, PhD, Matenadaran - Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts, Yerevan, Armenia.
Presentation topic: Medieval approaches of cure and diet of depression
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Donara Karapetyan, PhD, Professor, Matenadaran - Mesrop Mashtots Scientific Research Institute of Ancient Manuscripts, Yerevan, Armenia.
Presentation topic: Medical works of 15th century Armenian physician Amirdovlat Amasiatsi as an important source of Armenian traditional, alternative medicine
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Laura Jaakola, PhD, Professor, Climate laboratorium, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromso, Norway.
Presentation topic: Health beneficial compounds in bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)
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Victor Rodov, PhD, Agricultural Research Organization - The Volcani Institute, Rishon LeZion, Israel.
Presentation topic: Tannin-rich agro-industrial wastes as sources of bioactive principles for "green" food preservatives and nutraceuticals
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Sanikidze Tamar, PhD, Biomechanics and Informative Technologies of Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Presentation topic: Antiinflammatory activity of Georgian crops extracts and their effectiveness on oral cavity
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Muhidinov Z.K., PhD, Professor, Chemistry Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Tajikstan, Dushanbe, Tajikstan.
Presentation topic: Microencapsulation of bioactive compounds for the creation of functional foods
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Bella Grigoryan, PhD, Voskehat Educational and Research Center of Enology Scientific Branches of Armenian National Agrarian University, Voskehat, Armenia.
Presentation topic: The investigation of bioactive compounds in the Charentsi grape variety and wine made from it
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Naira Sahakyan, PhD, Research Institute of Biology, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia.
Presentation topic: The oxidative stress and possible preventive action of plant-born polyphenols
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Inna Misnikova, MD, PhD, Moscow Regional Research and Clinical Institute, Moscow, Russia.
Presentation topic: Postprandial glucose response and microbiota hydrogen and methane production after food load in type 2 diabetes patients
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Eka Shekiladze, PhD, Biomechanics and Informative Technologies of Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Presentation topic: Green Tea Catechins as an effective remedy for correction obesity
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Mark Shamtsyan, PhD, Head of the Department of Microbiological Synthesis, Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Presentation topic: Beta-glucans: Food that can help to prevent diseases
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Irakli Chkhikvishvili, PhD, Lado Bahutashvili Institute of Medical Biotechnology, Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia.
Presentation topic: Efficacy of taxane-polyphenol fractions of hazelnut waste on viability of tumor (Jurkat) cells and normal (MDCK) cells
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El-Sohaimy Sobhy, PhD, Professor, South Ural State University, Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation.
Presentation topic: Anti-diabetic potential of olive (Olea europaea) leaves extract: In vitro and In vivo evaluation
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Julius Oben, PhD, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University Of Yaounde 1, Yaounde, Cameroon.
Presentation topic: Potential of Moringa olifera and red palm oil fortification in the management of Vitamin A deficiency in children
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Sophio Kalmakhelidze, PhD, Department of Physics, Biophysics, Biomechanics and Informative Technologies of Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Presentation topic: Protective effect of Herniarin on ionizing radiation-induced neurobehavioral changes
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Anahit Hakobjanyan, PhD, National Academy of Sciences, Yerevan, Armenia.
Presentation topic: Hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic activity of Moringa grown in hydroponics and soil in Ararat Valley
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Julijana Tomovska, PhD, Biotechnical Sciences-Bitola, University, St. Kliment Ohridski, Bitola,
North Macedonia. Investigation of Vitamins A, E, C and Antioxidant activity in Animal feed
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Aleksandr Razin, PhD, St Petersburg State Institute of Technology, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Presentation topic: Antitumor activity of the chitin-glucan complex of basidial fungi
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Agnieszka Bartoszek, PhD, Department of Food Chemistry, Technology and Biotechnology, Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland.
Presentation topic (Special Lecture): The exploitation of anticarcinogenic potential of white cabbage to improve nutritional value of meat products
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Nino Gagelidze, PhD, Agricultural University of Georgia, Kakha Bendukidze University Campus, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Presentation topic: Increasing the yield of the Georgian endemic wheat variety - Shavfkha by pre-sowing two-step processing by laser and Azospirillum brasilense, for healthy life
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Irina Chernukha, PhD, Professor, Academician of Russian Academy of Sciences, VM Gorbatov Federal Research Center for Food Systems of RAS, Moscow, Russia.
Presentation topic: Functional foods in Russia: state of art, opportunities and scientific approaches
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Anna Tadevosyan, PhD, Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Productivity, G.S. Davtyan Institute of Hydroponics Problems, National Academy of Sciences, Yerevan, Armenia.
Presentation topic: Nutritional Value of Soybean under Outdoor Hydroponics and Soil Conditions of the Ararat Valley
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Natalya Kavushevskaya, PhD, Department of Pathophysiology and General Pathology, Medical Institute, Surgut State University, Russian Federation.
Presentation topic: Antioxidant, cytoprotective and anti-inflammatory potential polyphenols of Ericaceae berries growing in Siberia
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Alexander Haslberger, PhD, Professor, Department for Nutritional Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Presentation topic (Special Lecture): Personalisation in Nutrition and in the use of Functional Foods
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Francesco Carluccio, MD, PhD, Italian National Health System- Region Puglia, Lecce, Italy.
Presentation topic: Wine from the middle-bronze age in the south-east Mediterranean area and its potential health benefit
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Andrey Kozlov, MD, PhD, National Research University - Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russian Federation.
Presentation topic: Frequency of genetic determinants of trehalase deficiency in populations of European Russia, Caucasus, Siberia, and Central Asia
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Vladimir Pylev, General Director, Biobank of Northern Eurasia, Moscow, Russia.
Presentation topic: Frequency of genetic determinants of trehalase deficiency in populations of European Russia, Caucasus, Siberia, and Central Asia
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Efstratios Christodoulou, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of the Aegean, Lemnos, Greece.
Presentation topic: Herbal infusions as part of the Mediterranean diet, and their association with psychological resilience
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Hugo Sebastian Diaz, PhD, Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, Department of Physiology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
Presentation topic: Novel functional foods based on circular economy
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Oleg Medvedev, PhD, MD, Professor, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.
Presentation topic (Special Lecture): Differential effects of non-absorbable carbohydrates and food fibers on the microbiota hydrogen and methane production in low- and high-methane-producing rats
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Astghik Pepoyan, PhD, Professor, Armenian National Agrarian University, Yerevan, Armenia.
Presentation topic: Effects of probiotic Lactobacillus acidophilus Str. INMIA 9602 Er 317/402 on gut microbiota composition of COVID-19 patients with familial Mediterranean Fever Disease
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Daniil Kazarin, MD, Izhevsk State Medical Academy, Izhevsk, Russia.
Presentation topic: Markers of nutritional failure in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases
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Pierre Teissier, PhD, Inovafirst LLC, Scottsdale, AZ, USA.
Presentation topic: Reduction of bitterness as an essential condition of successful functional food design
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Vladimir Pavlov, Professor, MD, Scientific and Practical Center for Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine of the Moscow Department of Health, Moscow.
Presentation topic: RussiaIsotonic drinks in fluid balance inflammation in children and teenager athletes cultures
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Meline Beglaryan, PhD, Center for Ecological-Noopshere Studies, Yerevan, Armenia.
Presentation topic: Antioxidant Capacity of Breads Prepared with Locally Cultivated Grains in Armenia
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Adeleke Clement Adebajo, PhD, Professor, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Presentation topic: Plant Ashes and Allelopathic Relationships in Improving Anti-hyperglycaemic Activity of Nigerian Ethnomedicinal Plants
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Karen Khachatryan, PhD, University of Agriculture, Krakow, Poland.
Presentation topic: Nanocapsules containing bioactive ingredients for use as additives in functional food products
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Danik Martirosyan, PhD, President of Functional Food Center, Dallas, TX, USA; Functional Food Institute, San Diego, CA, USA.
Presentation topic: Quantum and Tempus Theory of Functional Food Science: How to create functional food products with defined biactive compounds
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Oliva Ma Eugenia, PhD, Professor, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe. Argentina.
Presentation topic: Astaxanthin improves lipid metabolism in skeletal muscle in an experimental model of metabolic syndrome
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Samuel Paterson, PhD Student, Department of Bioactivity and Food Analysis, Institute of Food Science Research, Madrid, Spain.
Presentation topic: Digestibility and bioactivity of microalgae under simulated gastrointestinal digestion conditions
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Muchiri N Mary, PhD, Tea Institute, Karatina University, Karatina, Kenya.
Presentation topic: A profile of phytonutrients in purple tea (Camellia sinesis) and their potential health benefits: anti-inflammatory, anticancer, anti-obesity, neuroprotection and production of functional foods
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Orlando Arellano-Castillo, PhD student, University of Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico.
Presentation topic: Interactions between pomegranate juice polyphenols and whey proteins: effects on antioxidant activity
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Rajashri Kanad Gutte, PhD, MGM University, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India.
Presentation topic: Preventive role of Natural Nutraceutical functional ingredients in Onco-Wellness to reduce chemo-induced side effects
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Vatcharee Seechamnanturakit, PhD, Assistant Professor, Prince of Songkla University, Had Yai, Songkhla, Thailand.
Presentation topic: Evaluating the bioactive substances on herbal lactogenic tea from different brewing methods
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Miriam Hagan, MSc, Howard University, Washington D.C., United States.
Presentation topic: A systematic review on assessing the quality of vitamins in seaweeds as a contributor to daily intake for adults: A closer look at the B vitamins, vitamin C and A
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Stoyanova Lidia Grigoryevna, PhD, Moscow State University, Moscow Russia.
Presentation topic: The perspective of use of "probent" for the efficiency of probiotic strains of lactococcus lactis ssp. Lactis
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Carmen Gabriela Mendoza-Mendoza, PhD, Professor, PREGEP-Plant Physiology, Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Montecillo, Texcoco, México.
Presentation topic: Foods and beverages made from Mexican Purple Corn: a means to increase anthocyanins’ intake
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Zara Bagdasarian, Founder and CEO, Really Good Remedies, LLC, San Mateo, California, USA. Surviving Pandemics: Significance of Functional Nutrition and Phytotherpay in Optimizing Immune Function
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Filipp Hovhannisyan, PhD Student, ITMO National Research University, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Presentation topic: The effect of enzymatic treatment on the content of soluble pectin in carrot and apple pulp and pomace
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Giselle Franca-Oliveira, PhD Student, Institute of Food Science Research, Madrid, Spain.
Presentation topic: Effect of soybean proteins and peptides on biomarkers associated with oxidative stress and inflammation in an innate immune cell model
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