Functional Foods and Bioactive Compounds: Modern and Medieval Approaches
31st International Conference of FFC - 19th International Symposium of ASFFBC
September 29th - October 1st, 2023, The Matenadaran, Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts, Research Institute in Yerevan, Armenia (In-Person and Virtual/Live Online Event)
Expected Presentations
As of April 5th, 2023 we have more than 4600 registered attendees (in-person and virtual) at this conference:
Expected* Presentations in Poster (p), Oral (o), or Virtual (v):
- (o) Marcello Iriti, PhD, Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy. Ultra-processed food and agrobiodiversity loss - Mediterranean diet vs. globalized diet
- (o) Alexander Haslberger, PhD, Professor, University Vienna, Vienna, Austria. Gut Brain axis
- (o) Francesco Carluccio, MD, PhD, Italian National Health System, Region Puglia, Lecce, Italy. Wine from the Middle-Bronze Age in the South-East Mediterranean Area and its potential health benefit
- (o) Laura Jaakola, PhD, Professor, Climate laboratorium, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Troms, Norway. Health beneficial compounds in bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)
- (o) Victor Rodov, PhD, Department of Postharvest Science ARO – The Volcani Institute, Rishon LeZion, Israel. Agrifood wastes for extraction of phenolic compounds in particular tannins
- (o)Pierre Teissier, PhD, Inovafirst LLC, Scottsdale, AZ, 85251 USA. Reduction of bitterness as an essential condition of successful functional food design
- (o) Oleg Medvedev, MD, Professor, Lomonosov Moscow State University School of Medicine, Moscow, Russia. Functional foods with different food fibers for personalised recommendation on healthy nutrition
- (o) Rouben M. Aroutiounian, PhD, Professor, Head of Department of Genetics and Cytology, Faculty of Biology of Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia; Academician-Secretary of the Division of the Natural Sciences of Armenian Academy of Sciences, Yerevan, Armenia. Genetics of Armenians and our food
- (o) Tamami Shirai, PhD, Associate Researcher, University of California, San Diego, USA. Food and non-communicable disease
- (o) Lidia Stoyanova, MD, PhD, Department of Microbiology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia. The perspective of use of "probent" for the efficiency of probiotic strains of lactococcus lactis ssp. lactis
- (o) Dritan Topi, PhD, University of Tirana, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Tirana, Albania. Hypericum perforatum phenolic compounds and antioxidant capacity
- (o) Natalya Kavushevskaya, PhD, Assistant Professor, Surgut State University, Ugra, Russian Federation. Polyphenols of berries fam. Ericaceae growing on the territory of Yugra
- (o) Hrachya Hovhannisyan, MD, PhD, Scientific and Production Center "Armbiotechnology" NAS RA,Yerevan, Armenia. Improvement of Armenian functional dairy food Narine technological and probiotic properties by Prunus armeniaca gum exudates
- (o) Hugo Sebastian Diaz, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. Novel Functional Ingredients based on Circular Economy
- (o) Didar Ucuncuoglu, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Manitoba, Canada.The optimization of production parameters of an innovative functional snack
- (o) Zahra Bathaie, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran; UCLA-DOE Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Natural Carotenoids (C40 or C20) as Functional Food Ingrediends
- (o) Oleg Medvedev, MD, PhD, Professor, Lomonosov Moscow State University School of Medicine, Moscow, Russia. Functional foods with different food fibers for personalised recommendation on healthy nutrition
- (o) Naira Sahakyan, PhD, Senior Scientific Researcher, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia. The oxidative stress and T2DM-induced diabetic nephropathy: possible preventive action of pant-born oligomeric polyphenols
- (o) Sobhy El-Sohaimy, PhD, Professor, South Ural State University, Russia. Antioxidant and anti-acetylcholinesterase potential of artichoke phenolic compounds
- (o) Tatiana Sinyukova, PhD(Student) research associate, Natalya Kavushevskaya PhD, assistant professor, and Lydmila Kovalenko MD, Surgut State University, Surgut, Russian Federation, Polyphenols of berries fam. Ericaceae growing on the territory of Yugra Russian Federation,
- (o) Enkhzul Jargal, MD, PhD, Ministry of Health, Mongolia. Mongolian traditional medecine practice
- (o) Pezhman Alavinejad, PhD,Associate professor, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Iran. Future burden of chronic liver diseases and fatty liver dilemma
- (o) Muralee Damodaran, PhD, Research Professor, Amrita Institute of Medical Science, India. Deepsea Marine Micronutribiome
- (o) Neelesh Maurya, PhD, Research scholar, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, India. Nutrition in COVID 19
- (o) Ali Rafe, PhD, Professor in Food Engineering, Research Institute of Food Science and technology (RIFST), Mashhad, Iran. Functional properties of rice bran proteins
- (o) Adeleke Adebajo, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife OSUN, Nigeria. Plant Ashes and Allelopathic Relationships in Improving Anti-hyperglycaemic Activity of Nigerian Ethnomedicinal Plants
- (o) Farooq Anwar, PhD, Professor, Director, Institute of Chemistry, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan. Nutra-pharmaceutical Potential of Moringa
- (o) Kavya Varma, PhD, Junior Research Fellow, Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL)-DRDO, India. Functional Foods
- (o) Kenneth Yongabi, PhD, Profesor and Director, Imo State University, Owerri, Nigeria. African Mushroom nutriceuticals in the managment of HIV and AIDS
- (o) Muhammad Zubair, PhD, University of Gujrat, India. Evaluation Si -APTES based nanomaterial for the extraction of valuable rice antioxidants
- (o) Aruna Mesa, PhD, Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam, Tirupathi, India. Weight loss maintenance - Diet related strategies
- (o) Enkhzul Jargal, PhD, Ministry of Health, Mongolia. Mongolian traditional medicine practice
- (o) Donara Karapetyan, PhD, Associate Professor and Senior Researcher, Department of History of Medicine and Natural Sciences, The Mesrop Mashtots Scientific Research Institute of Ancient Manuscripts (Matenadaran), Yerevan, Armenia. Medical works of 15th century Armenian physician Amirdovlat Amasiatsi as an important source of Armenian traditional, alternative medicine
- (o) Vandana Panda, PhD, Associate Professor, Prin. K. M. Kundnani College of Pharmacy, Mumbai University, India. Wound healing activity of an Ayurvedic functional food in chronic cutaneous wounds in ageing rats: A synergistic action of PDGF, AMPK and mTOR
- (o) Muhammad nasir Muhammad, Food safety officer, Punjab food authority, Pakistan. Moringa oleifera effect on Diabetes
- (o) Ela Minasyan, PhD Student, SPC "Armbiotechnology" NAS RA, Yereavan, Armenia. Isolation of water?soluble melanin from waste of vinary production and and the study of its physicochemical properties
- (o) Sheshadri S.A, PhD, Jain (Deemed-to-be University), India. Soluble dietary fibers from medicinal plant sources: paradigm shift in functional supplements
- (o) Kazuichi Sakamoto, PhD, Research and development center for wellness innovation, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
- (o) Danik Martirosyan, Conference chair, PhD, President, Functional Food Center (Dallas, TX, USA); Functional Food Institute, San Diego, CA, USA. Establishment of dosage and time of consumption of functional food products: Quantum and Tempus Theory of Functional Food Science
- (0) Adeleke Adebajo, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Obafemi Awolowo University, Osun, Nigeria. Allelopathy as a Factor of Consideration in Sourcing for Nigerian Ethnomedicinal Plants with Anti-hyperglycaemic Activity
- (o) Rajesh Patel, PhD, Department of Biosciences Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Gujarat, India. Functional food to fight against cancer
- (o) Davit Pipoyan, PhD, Informational-Analytical Center for Risk Assessment of Food Chain CENS, NAS, RA Yerevan, Armenia. Macronutrient Intake Assessment Based on Household Budget Survey in Armenia
- (o) Inna Misnikova MD, PhD, Endocrinology Department, M.F. Vladimerski Moscow Regional Research and Clinical Institute, Moscow, Russia. Postprandial glucose response and microbiota hydrogen and methane production after food load in type 2 diabetes patients
- (o) Karen Khachatryan, PhD, Professor, Faculty of Food Technology, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Krakow, Poland. Nanocapsules containing bioactive ingredients for use as additives in functional food products
- (o) Nino Gagelidze, PhD, Chief Scientific researcher, S. Durmishidze Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia. Increasing the yield of the Georgian endemic wheat variety - Shavfkha by pre-sowing two-step processing by laser and Azospirillum brasilense, for healthy life
- (o) Kalikyan Zaruhi, MD, Department of Clinical Immunology and Allergology, Yerevan State Medical University after M. Heratsi, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia. Use of the Armenian fermented milk product “Choratan” in the treatment of some chronic diseases
- (o) Turkan Keceli, PhD, Department of Food Engineering Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Cukurova Adana, Turkey. Effecct of essential oils of thyme
- (o) Antonios Koutelidakis, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of the Aegean, Lemnos, Greece. Herbal infusions as part of the Mediterranean diet, and their association with psychological resilience
- (o) Anush Vardanyan, PhD, Institute of Hydroponics Problems after G.S. Davtyan National Academy of Science, Yerevan, Armenia. The phytochemical study of eleutherococcus senticosus (rupr. and maxim) leaves in hydroponics and soil culture
- (o) Efstratios Christodoulou, PhD Student, Laboratory of Nutrition and Public Health, Unit of Human Nutrition, Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of the Aegean, Myrina, Greece. Natural functional foods as a part of the Mediterranean lifestyle(title pending)
- (o) Obinna Adumanya, PhD, Department of Biochemistry , University of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Umuagwo Owerri Imo, Nigeria. Bioactive Compounds Composition of PleurotusTuberregium (Sing) Mushroom
- (o) El-Sohaimy Sobhy A., PhD, Professor, Department of Technology and Organization of Public Catering, South Ural State University, Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation. Anti-diabetic potential of olive (Olea europaea) leaves extract: In vitro and In vivo evaluation
- (o) Vladimir Pavlov, MD, Professor, Head of the Department of Functional Diagnostics and Sports Medicine, Scientific and Practical Center for Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine, Moscow, Russia. Isotonic drinks in fluid balance inflammation in children and teenage athletes
- (o) Anahit Hakobjanyan, PhD, Senior Researcher, Department of Plant Nutrition and Productivity, G.S. Davtyan Institute of Hydroponics Problems, National Academy of Sciences, Yerevan, Armenia. Hypoglycemic and Hypolipidemic Activity of Moringa Grown in Hydroponics and Soil in Ararat Valley
- (v) Giselle Oliveira, PhD Student, Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Spain. Soy protein extracts and gastrointestinal inflammatory diseases biomarkers
- (v) Vehary Sakanyan, MD, PhD, Professor Emerita, Nantes University, Nantes Loire Atlantique, France. Free radicals in food
- (v) Iqra Zulfiqar, PhD Student, Massey University, Palmerston North Select., New Zealand. Indolamines in New Zealand Cherries
- (v) Ramkrishna Mishra, PhD Student, Banaras Hindu University, India. Molecular biology of glial and its interaction with neural cells: importance and significance
- (v) Samuel Paterson Moreno, PhD Student, Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias de la Alimentación (CIAL. CSIC-UAM), Calle Nicolás Cabrer, Madrid, Spain. Microalgae as a sustanaible source of bioactive compounds
- (v) Fatma Ali, PhD, Postdoctoral researcher, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Egypt. Plant based food
- (v) Tabli Ghosh, PhD, Assistant Professor, Tezpur University, India. Application of microencapsulates of ginger extract to fruit juices
- (v) Liba Habiba, PhD Student, University Chouaib Doukkali, Morrocco. Nutritional intervention for NAFLD with obesity
- (v) Suchi Amin, MSc Student, Centennial College, Greater Toronto Area, Canada. Inhibitory effects of two selected medicinal plants (weeds) on alpha-amylase, alpha-glucosidase and glycation
- (v) Khalid Bashir, PhD, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India. Indian Barberry: A wonder wild fruit for the development of functional foods
- (v) Kulsum Jan, PhD, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India. Evaluation of Physicochemical and Phytochemical Properties of Wild Nettle Leaf for its Application in Foods.
- (v) Taherah Mohammadabad, PhD, Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University, Iran. Camel milk: A superfood for diabetes
- (v) Attapon Cheepsattayakorn, MD, Professor Dr., Thailand Western University-Faculty of Medicine, Thailand. Nutritional Health During COVID-19 Pandemic
- (v) Johanita Kruger, PhD, researcher, University of Hohenheim, Germany. Using Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) to track the digestive stability of bioactive micelles
- (v) Vandana Panda, PhD, Associate Professor, Prin. K. M. Kundnani College of Pharmacy, Mumbai University, India. The profound healing effect of Curcuma longa and Emblica officinalis on chronic cutaneous wounds in aging rats: A synergistic action of PDGF, AMPK and mTOR
- (v) Orlando Arellano-Castillo, Ph.D Student, Food Research and Development Center, University of Veracruz (CIDEA-UV), Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. Interactions between pomegranate juice polyphenols and whey proteins: effects on antioxidant activity
- (v) Daniil Kazarin, MD, Department of Faculty Therapy, Izhevsk State Medical Academy, Izhevsk, Russia. Markers of nutritional failure in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases
- (v) Vladimir Gorchakov, M.D, Research Institute of a clinical and experimental Lymphology – branch of Institute of Cytology and Genetics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Novosibirsk, Russia. Phytonutrients (flavonoids, trace elements): Slowing lymph node aging
- (v) Chidi G. Osuagwu, PhD, Professor, African Center for Biomedical Engineering Research, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria. Farnesylation accounts for observed efficacies of herbal antimalarials against COVID-19
- (v) Giselle Franca-Oliveira, PhD student, Departments of Bioactivity and Food Analysis and Biotechnology and Microbiology, Institute of Food Science Research, Nicolás Cabrera, Madrid, Spain. Effect of soybean proteins and peptides on biomarkers associated with oxidative stress and inflammation in an innate immune cell model
- (v) Vatcharee Seechamnanturakit, PhD, Food Chemist, Center of Excellence of Functional Food and Gastronomy, Faculty of Agro-Industry, Prince of Songkla University, Had Yai, Songkhla, Thailand. Some factors affecting the bioactive substances of lactogenic tea
- (v) Dejun Zhang, PhD, Professor, Qinghai University, Xining,Qinghai, China. Study on Preparation and Anti-fatigue Effect of Lycium barbarum L. Polysaccharide Effervescent Tablets
- (v) Alexander Plakida, PhD, Professor, State Institution «Ukrainian Research Institute of Medical Rehabilitation and Resort Therapy of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine», Odessa, Ukraine. Application of balneologic medicine "magnesium oil" in complex therapy of neurotic disorders
- (p) Irina Zharkova, PhD in Technology, Associate Professor, Department of Technology of Baking, Confectionery, Macaroni and Grain Processing Productions, Voronezh State University of Engineering Technologies, Voronezh, Russia. Modeling the composition of functional bakery and confectionery products with predictable cardiometabolic effects
- (p) Kajelcha Fikadu Tufa, PhD, Dambi Dollo University, Dambi Dollo, Ethiopia. Edible Oyster Mushroom production by Biotechnologica Method
- (p) Enkhzul Jargal, MD, PhD, Head of Licensing and permission department, Mongolia. Medicine and Medical devices regulating agency. Preclinical studies of the pharmacological activity and safety of the herb sutalaka
- (p) Kajelcha Fikadu Tufa, PhD, Dambi Dollo University, Dambi Dollo, Ethiopia. Edible Oyster Mushroom production by Biotechnologica Method
- (p) Karina Grigoryan, PhD, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia. Microbial Quality of Medicinal Plant Materials
- (p) Achille Atchan, PhD, Postdoc, University of Dschang, Cameroon. Polyphenols-rich extracts of Xylopia and Aframomum species show metabolic benefits by lowering hepatic and adipose lipid accumulation in diet-induced obese mice
- (p) Irina Zharkova, PhD in Technology, Associate Professor, Department of Technology of Baking, Confectionery, Macaroni and Grain Processing Productions, Voronezh State University of Engineering Technologies, Voronezh, Russia. Examining the Combined Effect of Flax Seeds and Pulp-Free Tomato Juice in Bread Composition on Exhibited Biological Effects
- (p) Aicha Debib, PhD, Professor, Morsli Abdallah University Center, Algeria. Bioactive Compounds in Covid 19 Disease
- (p) Zakir khan, PhD, Research Scholar, Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST), Awantipora, India. Modification of proteins
- (p) Enkhzul Jargal, PhD, MD, Head of Licensing and permission department, Mongolia. Medicine and Medical devices regulating agency. Preclinical studies of the pharmacological activity and safety of the herb sutalaka
- (p) Jean-Noël Mputu Kanyinda, PhD, Applied Science and Technology Research Center (CRSAT), Gombe Kinshasa, DR Congo. Fight against malnutrition in Africa
- (p) Mehrdad Fojlaley, PhD, Titu International University Turkey Branch, Iran. Difference of microwave drying and hot air drying of fruits and effects of physical and chemical properties
- (p) Bisma Ashraf, MSc, Islamic University of Science and Technology, awantipora, India. Novel techniques in improving the microbial safety of fresh produce
- (p) Rafael Audino Zambelli, PhD, Assistant Professor, Federal University of Ceara, Ceara, Brazil. Brazilian Food Biomaterials and your functional properties
- (p) Karina Grigoryan, PhD, Senior Researcher at Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia. Microbial Quality of Medicinal Plant Materials
- (p) Irakli Chkhikvishvili, PhD, Institute of Medical Biotechnology, Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia. Efficacy of taxane-polyphenol fractions of hazelnut waste on viability of Tumor (jurkat) cells
- (p) Irina Zharkova, PhD in Technology, Associate Professor, Department of Technology of Baking, Confectionery, Macaroni and Grain Processing Productions, Voronezh State University of Engineering Technologies, Voronezh, Russia. Tomato fruit processing products as sources of functional ingredients
- (p) Osvaldo Conde-Rivas, PhD Student, Biomedical Research Center, University of Veracruz, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. Anti-hyperglycemic and antioxidant properties of proteins from moringa oleifera leaves under simulated gastrointestinal digestion
- (p) Lilya Arstamyan, PhD, Artsakh Scientific Center, Artsakh. Processing of the Starter Culture of Functional New Dairy Products
- (p) Yaaser Almulaiky, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Effect of sugarcane jaggery prepared using different heat treatment methods
- (p) Karine Grigoryan, PhD, Faculty of Biology, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia. Antibacterial and antioxidant activity of bee products in Armenia
- (p) Laura Ghalachyan, PhD, Senior researcher, G.S. Davtyan Institute of Hydroponics Problems NAS RA, Republic of Armenia. The study of gross beta-radioactivity of some medicinal plants in conditions of outdoor hydroponics and soil culture in Ararat valley
- (p) Vladimir Pavlov, MD, Professor, General Director, Biobank of Northern Eurasia, Moscow, Russian Federation. Frequency of genetic determinants of trehalase deficiency in populations of European Russia, Caucasus, Siberia, and Central Asia
- (p) Anjelika Stepanyan, PhD, Department of Plant Nutrition and Productivity, G.S. Davtyan Institute of Hydroponics Problems, National Academy of Sciences, Yerevan, Armenia. Evaluation of phytochemical indices of Cichorium intybus L. in outdoor hydroponics conditions
- (p) Hasmik Grigoryan, M.S., Division of Food Safety and Biotechnology, Scientific Research Institute of Food Science and Biotechnologies, Armenian National Agrarian University, Armenia. Trace elemental composition of cell-free
supernatants from the probiotic bacterial cultures with different effects on blood glucose levels of irradiated rats
- Anush Vardanyan, PhD, Davtyan Institute of Hydroponics Problems, National Academy of Sciences, Yerevan, Armenia. The Phytochemical Study of Eleutherococcus Senticosus (Rupr. & Maxim) Leaves in Hydroponics and Soil Culture (Pending)
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Mahsa Daryadar, PhD, Researcher, Department of Plant Nutrition and Productivity, G.S. Davtyan Institute of Hydroponics Problems, National Academy of Sciences, Yerevan, Armenia. Estimation of Essential Oil Level in Peppermint Grown in The Water-Stream and Classical Hydroponic Systems
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