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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 June 7th, 2023 we have 5290 registered attendees (in-person and virtual) at this conference:

Oral Presentation:

  1. 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
  2. Rouben Aroutiounian, PhD, Professor; Levon Yepiskoposyan, PhD, Professor, National Academy of Sciences, YSU, Yerevan, Armenia. Genetics of Armenians and our dietary habits
  3. Davit Pipoyan, PhD, Informational Analytical Center for Risk Assessment of Food Chain, Yerevan, Armenia. Macronutrient Intake Assessment Based on Household Budget Survey in Armeni.
  4. Inga Bazukyan, PhD, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia. Biological activity of Armenian honeybees’ venom and lactic acid bacteria isolated from honeybees’ gut
  5. Donara Karapetyan, PhD, Professor, Matenadaran - Mesrop Mashtots Scientific Research Institute of Ancient Manuscripts, Yerevan, Armenia. Medical works of 15th century Armenian physician Amirdovlat Amasiatsi as an important source of Armenian traditional, alternative medicine
  6. Karine Mosikyan, PhD, Matenadaran - Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts, Yerevan, Armenia. Medieval approaches of cure and diet of depression
  7. 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
  8. Victor Rodov, PhD, Agricultural Research Organization - The Volcani Institute, Rishon LeZion, Israel. Tannin-rich agro-industrial wastes as sources of bioactive principles for "green" food preservatives and nutraceuticals
  9. Sanikidze Tamar, PhD, Biomechanics and Informative Technologies of Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia. Antiinflammatory activity of Georgian crops extracts and their effectiveness on oral cavity
  10. Laura Ghalachyan, PhD, 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
  11. Muhidinov Z.K., PhD, Professor, Chemistry Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Tajikstan, Dushanbe, Tajikstan. Microencapsulation of bioactive compounds for the creation of functional foods
  12. Bella Grigoryan PhD, Voskehat Educational and Research Center of Enology Scientific Branches of Armenian National Agrarian University, Voskehat, Armenia. The investigation of bioactive compounds in the Charentsi grape variety and wine made from it
  13. Sanikidze Tamar, PhD, Biomechanics and Informative Technologies of Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia. Protective effect of Herniarin on ionizing radiation-induced neurobehavioral changes
  14. El-Sohaimy Sobhy, PhD, Professor, South Ural State University, Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation. Anti-diabetic potential of olive (Olea europaea) leaves extract: In vitro and In vivo evaluation
  15. Astghik Pepoyan, PhD, Professor, Armenian National Agrarian University, Yerevan, Armenia. Effects of Probiotic Lactobacillus acidophilus Str. INMIA 9602 Er 317/402 on Gut Microbiota Composition of COVID-19 Patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever Disease
  16. Inna Misnikova, MD, PhD, 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
  17. Eka Shekiladze, PhD, Biomechanics and Informative Technologies of Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia. Green Tea Catechins as an effective remedy for correction obesity
  18. 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
  19. Anahit Hakobjanyan, PhD, National Academy of Sciences, Yerevan, Armenia. Hypoglycemic and Hypolipidemic Activity of Moringa Grown in Hydroponics and Soil in Ararat Valley
  20. Laura Ghalachyan, PhD, 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
  21. Agnieszka Bartoszek, PhD, Department of Food Chemistry, Technology and Biotechnology, Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland. The exploitation of anticarcinogenic potential of white cabbage to improve nutritional value of meat products
  22. Nino Gagelidze, PhD, Agricultural University of Georgia, Kakha Bendukidze University Campus, 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
  23. Irina Chernukha, PhD, Professor, Academician of Rassian Academy of Sciences, VM Gorbatov Federal Research Center for Food Systems of RAS, Moscow, Russia. Functional foods in Russia: state of art, opportunities and scientific approaches
  24. Natalya Kavushevskaya, PhD, Department of Pathophysiology and General Pathology, Medical Institute, Surgut State University, Russian Federation. Antioxidant, cytoprotective and anti-inflammatory potential polyphenols of Ericaceae berries growing in Siberia
  25. Alexander Haslberger, PhD, Professor, Department for Nutritional Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. Personalisation in Nutrition and in the use of Functional Foods
  26. 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
  27. Andrey Kozlov MD, PhD, National Research University - Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russian Federation; Vladimir Pylev, General Director, Biobank of Northern Eurasia, Moscow, Russia. Frequency of genetic determinants of trehalase deficiency in populations of European Russia, Caucasus, Siberia, and Central Asia
  28. Efstratios Christodoulou, PhD candidate, Assistant Professor, University of the Aegean, Lemnos, Greece. Herbal infusions as part of the Mediterranean diet, and their association with psychological resilience
  29. Hugo Sebastian Diaz, PhD, Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, Department of Physiology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Novel functional foods based on circular economy
  30. Oleg Medvedev, PhD, MD, Professor, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia. Differential effects of non-absorbable carbohydrates and food fibers on the microbiota hydrogen and methane production in low- and high-methane-producing rats
  31. Vyacheslav Melnikov, MD, PhD, Independent consultant and researcher, London, England. The biofilm probiotics
  32. Hrachya Hovhannisyan, PhD, Professor, National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia. Improvement of Armenian functional dairy food Narine technological and probiotic properties by Prunus armeniaca gum exudate
  33. Daniil Kazarin, MD, Izhevsk State Medical Academy, Izhevsk, Russia. Markers of nutritional failure in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases
  34. Pierre Teissier, PhD, Inovafirst LLC, Scottsdale, AZ, USA. Reduction of bitterness as an essential condition of successful functional food design
  35. Vladimir Pavlov, Professor, MD, Scientific and Practical Center for Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine of the Moscow Department of Health, Moscow. RussiaIsotonic drinks in fluid balance inflammation in children and teenager athletes
    cultures
  36. Meline Beglaryan, PhD, Center for Ecological-Noopshere Studies, Yerevan, Armenia. Antioxidant Capacity of Breads Prepared with Locally Cultivated Grains in Armenia
  37. Adeleke Clement Adebajo, PhD, Professor, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Plant Ashes and Allelopathic Relationships in Improving Anti-hyperglycaemic Activity of Nigerian Ethnomedicinal Plants
  38. Karen Khachatryan, PhD, University of Agriculture, Krakow, Poland. Nanocapsules containing bioactive ingredients for use as additives in functional food products
  39. Danik Martirosyan, PhD, President of Functional Food Center, Dallas, TX, USA; Functional Food Institute, San Diego, CA, USA. Quantum and Tempus Theory of Functional Food Science: How to create functional food products with defined biactive compounds
  40. Irakli Chkhikvishvili, Professor, Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia. Efficacy of taxane-polyphenol fractions of hazelnut waste on viability of tumor (Jurkat) cells

Poster Presentation:

  1. Almagul Kushugulova, PhD, Professor, National Laboratory Astana, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Republic of Kazakhstan. Future perspectives: One Health, antimicrobial resistance and healthcare-associated infections in Central Asian and Caucasian region
  2. Anahit Manvelyan, PhD, Armenian National Agrarian University, Yerevan, Armenia. Biofilm formation and auto-aggregation abilities of novel targeted aqua-probiotics
  3. Anjelika Stepanyan, 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
  4. Gaspar Kocharyan, PhD, Nalbandyan Institute of Chemical Physics of National Academy of Sciences of Armenia. Why the antioxidant potency of α-, β-, γ- and δ-tocopherols depending on concentration is reversal?
  5. Hasmik Grigoryan, M.S, Scientific Research Institute of Food Science and Biotechnology, Armenian National Agrarian University, Yerevan, Armenia. Trace elemental composition of cell-free supernatants from the probiotic bacterial cultures with different effects on blood glucose levels of irradiated rats
  6. Irina M. Zharkova, Associate Professor, Voronezh State University of Engineering Technology, Voronezh, Russia. Modeling the composition of functional bakery and confectionery products with predictable cardiometabolic effects
  7. Irina M. Zharkova, Associate Professor, Voronezh State University of Engineering Technology, Voronezh, Russia. Tomato fruit processing products as sources of functional ingredients
  8. Irina M. Zharkova, Associate Professor, Voronezh State University of Engineering Technology, Voronezh, Russia. Examining the Combined Effect of Flax Seeds and Pulp-Free Tomato Juice in Bread Composition on Exhibited Biological Effects
  9. Karine Grigoryan, PhD, Professor, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia. Antibacterial and antioxidant activity of bee products in Armenia
  10. Lilya Arstamyan, PhD, Artsakh Scientific Center, Stepanakert, Republic of Artsakh. Processing of Functional New Dairy Products
  11. Mahsa Daryadar, PhD, 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
  12. Muneer Saif Hasan Ahmed, PhD, Professor, University of Aden, Yemen. Effect of sugarcane jaggery prepared using different heat treatment methods on α-amylase activity
  13. Natalya Harutyunyan, PhD, Professor, Armenian National Agrarian University, Yerevan, Armenia. Comparative antagonistic activities of lactobacilli probiotics of different origins against Pseudomonas aeruginosa
  14. Oleg Medvedev, PhD, MD, ILomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia. Coenzyme Q10 positive effects via modulation of the gut microbiota composition and functional activity
  15. Stepanyan Seda, M.S , Center for Ecological-Noosphere Studies of NAS RA, Yerevan, Armenia. Assessment of nutritional status and dietary pattern of adult population of the republic of Armenia
  16. Zaruhi Kalikyan, MD, PhD, Associate professor, Department of Clinical Immunology and Allergy of Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia.
  17. Karine Chitchyan, PhD, Scientific and Production Center “Armbiotechnology” SNPO NAS RA, Yerevan, Armenia. The β-galactosidase activity potential of probiotic strains
  18. Marta Semen, PhD Student, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Department of Propaedeutic Pediatrics and Medical Genetics (associated with Lviv Regional Children’s Clinical Hospital "OHMATDYT"), Ukraine. Effect of sugarcane jaggery prepared using different heat treatment methods
  19. Flora Tkhruni, PhD, Head of Laboratory of Probiotics Biotechnology at the Scientific and Production Center “Armbiotechnology” SNPO NAS RA, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia. New biopreparations for functional nutrition

Virtual Presentations:

  1. Oliva Ma Eugenia, PhD, Professor, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe. Argentina. Astaxanthin improves lipid metabolism in skeletal muscle in an experimental model of metabolic syndrome
  2. Muchiri N Mary, PhD, Tea Institute, Karatina University, Karatina, Kenya. 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
  3. Orlando Arellano-Castillo, PhD student, University of Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico. Interactions between pomegranate juice polyphenols and whey proteins: effects on antioxidant activity.
  4. Rajashri Kanad Gutte, PhD, MGM University, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India. Preventive role of Natural Nutraceutical functional ingredients in Onco-Wellness to reduce chemo-induced side effects
  5. Vatcharee Seechamnanturakit, PhD, Assistant Professor, Prince of Songkla University, Had Yai, Songkhla, Thailand. Evaluating the bioactive substances on herbal lactogenic tea from different brewing methods
  6. Miriam Hagan, MSc, Howard University, Washington D.C., United States. 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
  7. Stoyanova Lidia Grigoryevna, PhD, Moscow State University, Moscow Russia. The perspective of use of "probent" for the efficiency of probiotic strains of lactococcus lactis ssp. Lactis
  8. Dejun Zhang, PhD, Professor, Department of Eco-Environmental Engineering, Qinghai University, Xining, China. Study on preparation and anti-fatigue effect of Lycium barbarum L. polysaccharide effervescent tablets
  9. Giselle Franca-Oliveira, PhD Student, Institute of Food Science Research, Madrid, Spain. Effect of soybean proteins and peptides on biomarkers associated with oxidative stress and inflammation in an innate immune cell model