3rd International Conference of FFC
Functional Foods and Phytotherapy for Chronic Diseases
October 14-15, 2006
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ORGANIZED BY:
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INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD:
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INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD:
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Functional Foods Center (Dallas, Texas, USA)
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Danik M. Martirosyan, PhD, Chairman of Conference, Founder of Functional Foods Center at D&A Inc. (USA)
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Prof. Sinerik N. Ayrapetyan, PhD, President of UNESCO Chair Life Sciences International Education Center (Armenia)
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UNESCO Chair Life Sciences International Educational Center
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Undurti N. Das, MD, President of UND Life Sciences, Editor-in-Chief Lipids in Health and Disease (USA)
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Valery N. Zelenkov, PhD, Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (Academician)
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Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Informational sponsor, (Russia)
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Arunas B. Savitskas, MD, Lead of Department of Drug Technology and Pharmacy at Kaunas Medical University (Lithuania)
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Sabrina Zeghichi, laboratory of nutrition, faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Grenoble University (France)
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American Botanical Council - Media Sponsor (USA)
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Prof. Teruyoshi Yanagita, PhD, Director of the Japanese Society of Nutrition & Food Science (Japan)
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Vladimir Korsun, MD, President of Institute of Phytotherapy and Natural Medicine (Russia)
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Center for Obesity Research and Program Evaluation (CORPE), Texas A&M University
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Jairam Vanamala PhD, Research Scientist, Center for Obesity Research and Program Evaluation, Texas A&M University (USA)
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Parvin Koohgilani, Editer of Shahrvand weekly newspaper in Texas
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Jaime Uribarri, MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine (USA)
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We are very pleased to announce the 3rd International Conference “Functional Foods and Phytotherapy for Chronic Diseases.” The conference will bring together experts in medicine, biology, and the food industry to discuss the contribution of functional foods in the prevention and treatment of Chronic Diseases. The scope of the Conference will cover the advances of phytotherapy and food therapy of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, obesity and cancer, with a special focus on the creation of functional and medicinal foods with new properties.
Main Conference Topics:
1. The role of nutrition in chronic disease occurrence.
2. The creation of functional and medicinal products for the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases (cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, obesity and cancer).
3. Non-traditional plants as a source of functional and medicinal food products.
PAPER REGISTRATION AND SUBMISSION:
The deadline for contributions is October 1, 2006, to submit manuscripts to the organizers. Early submissions are encouraged. Decisions on selection will be communicated to the authors by E-mail.
The proceedings of the conference will be published towards the beginning of the conference. All contributions will be reviewed, but only a limited number will be selected for the proceedings. For information concerning publications, please contact us at ffc_usa@sbcglobal.net
COPIES FOR CONTRIBUTORS:
We will furnish one copy of the collective work without charge to the lead author of the article (Editor: Danik M. Martirosyan, PhD).
GUIDANCE FOR AUTHORS:
The best way to send in your contributions is by email, as an attached file. Our preferred word-processing format is Microsoft Word, version 6. Manuscripts must be single-spaced, in 12-point font (including the references and legends of tables and figures) on sheets of uniform size (preferably ISO A4) with wide margins. A title of up to 10 words (in uppercase), and the first and last names of the author, department, and organization address should also appear. If there is more than one establishment involved in the work, authors' names should be linked to the appropriate establishment by numbers and the symbols *, †, ‡, §, and ¶ in that order. A summary giving a bulleted outline of content should appear for the introduction.
If there are any abbreviations in your article, they should be placed in brackets after the full title on the first occasion they are used.
The main body of the paper should be divided into: (a) introduction; (b) experimental, including materials and methods; (c) results, with appropriate quantification and statistical treatment of data; (d) tables and figures; (e) discussion (f) acknowledgements, including details of financial support; (g) numbered references. It is often an advantage to combine (c), (d) and (e) to gain conciseness and clarity. The discussion section should not recapitulate the results, but only discuss their implications. References should not normally exceed 50, and 20–30 references are frequently adequate.
REFERENCES:
References in the paper must be numbered in the order in which they appear in the text. The list of references at the end of the paper should give all the authors' names and initials unless there are more than 6 authors, in which case 'et al' is used for subsequent names. This is followed by the title, abbreviated according to the "List of Journals Indexed" in Index Medicus, the year of publication, the volume number, and the first and last page numbers. References to books should give the names of any editors, place of publication, publisher and year, in place of the journal information.
REGISTRATION FEE:
An early registration fee (before October 1st) of $250 per participant (vendors - $295, guests - $125 per 1 day) will cover the Conference Proceedings (Abstracts), local transportation, and refreshments during conference days. If you submit an article but are unable to attend the conference, the registration fee will be waived.
HOTEL INFORMATION:
Rooms have been reserved with the Holiday Inn Select, for the Octoberber 14-15 conference, for a special rate of US $79+ tax, per night. This rate will be available until November 12, 2005. To make a reservation, please call 972-238-1900 and be sure to mention the "Functional Foods Center" to get the special rate.
HOTEL LOCATION:
Holiday Inn Select Hotel
1655 N. Central Expresssway,
Richardson, Texas, USA.
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From Left: Beiouk Mansouri PhD, Danik Martirosyan PhD (Chairman of Conference), Prof. Moris Silber MD
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Group of Conference Attendants
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From Left: Jairam Vanamala PhD, Earl Mindell PhD, Danik Martirosyan PhD (Chairman of Conference)
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From Left: Danik Martirosyan PhD (Chairman of Conference), Prof. Moris Silber MD, Beiouk Mansouri PhD, Parviz Ghadirian PhD
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Conference Participants
Group of Conference Attendants
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Group Picture of International Conference Attendants
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Conference Program
3rd International Conference in the Series
"Functional Foods: Prevention and Disease Treatment" Functional Foods and Phytotherapy for the Prevention and Treatment of Chronic Diseases
October 14-15, 2006 - Dallas, Texas, USA
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Saturday, October 14:
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9:00-9:30 a.m.
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Conference Registration
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Chairing Undurti Das (MD)
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9:30a.m.
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WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION:
Dr. Danik M. Martirosyan – Chairmen of Conference, Academician of the International Academy of Scientific Discoveries and Inventions, Founder of Functional Foods Center at D&A Inc. (Dallas, TX, USA)
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9:45 a.m.
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Grapefruit and Carrot: Colon Cancer and Type II Diabetes Prevention
Dr. Jairam Vanamala (Research Scientist, Center for Obesity Research and Program Evaluation Associate Member, Intercollegiate Faculty of Nutrition, Department of Nutrition and Food Science) and Dr. Peter S. Murano, (Director of Obesity Center at A&M University) Center for Obesity Research and Program Evaluation, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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10:30 a.m.
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Antidiabetic Potential of Nepalese Herbal and Food Plants
Dr. Megh Bhandari (PhD), Hokkaido University (Sapporo, Japan)
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11:00 -11:15 a.m.
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REFRESHMENT
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11:15 a.m.
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Quality Control and Prediction of Nutritional and Pharmacological Value in Herbal Dietary Supplements
Moris L Silber, M.D., Ph.D Research Professor, Natural Resource Sciences, Washington State University (Pullman, Washington, USA)
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12:00-1:00 p.m.
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LUNCH
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Chairing Dr. Peter S. Murano (PhD)
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1:00 p.m.
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Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases by Nutritional Factors
Dr. Undurti Das, MD, President and CEO, UND Life Sciences, Editor-in-Chief Lipids in Health and Disease (Shaker Heights, OH, USA)
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1:30 p.m.
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A Dietary Supplement for the Prevention/Reduction of Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness
Dennis R. Sparkman, PhD, President of Southwest Immunology, Inc.(Ennis, Texas, USA)
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2:00-2:15 p.m.
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REFRESHMENT
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2:15p.m.
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Diabetes and Non-enzymatic Glicosylation. Functional Food for Preventing of the Proteins Glycosylation
Boris Feldkoren (PhD), Functional Foods Center (Richardson, TX, USA)
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2:45 – 5:00p.m.
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POSTERS PRESENTATION SESSION AND WORKSHOP
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Sunday, October 15:
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9:00-9:30 a.m.
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Conference Registration
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Chairing Moris L Silber, (MD)
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9:30 a.m.
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Diet and Nutrition for the Prevention of Diabetes
Dr. Sharon Rabb Ph.D., ND, Naturopath and Clinical Nutritionist (Dallas, TX, USA)
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10:15 a.m.
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Nutrigenomics
Dr. Undurti Das, MD, President and CEO, UND Life Sciences, Editor-in-Chief Lipids in Health and Disease (Shaker heights, OH, USA)
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11:00-11:15 a.m.
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REFRESHMENT
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11:15 a.m.
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Amaranth Advance Nutrition in Africa
Dick Bugger (USA)
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11:30-12:30 p.m.
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LUNCH
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Chairing Dr.
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12:30
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The Discovery and Research of the Himalayan Goji Berry and it's Many Benefits
Dr. Earl Mindell, Director for the Corporate Board for the Illinois College of Physicians and Surgeons (USA)
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1:15 p.m.
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Dr. Richard Vega's independent study of Himalayan Goji Juice "Acid is for Batteries"
Presented by: Cheryl Church and Alice R. Comer (USA)
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1:30 p.m.
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Salba, Nature’s Most Powerful Whole Food Grain
Ellie Berglund, Core Naturals (Dallas, TX, USA)
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1:45 p.m.
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Nutrition and Cancer
Dr. Parviz Ghadirian (PhD), Director of the Epidemiology Research Unit, University of Montreal Health Center (Dr. Ghadirian has been a consultant for the World Health Organization of the United Nations since 1969), Montreal, Canada.
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2:30-2:45 p.m.
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REFRESHMENT
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2:45 p.m.
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Amaranth as a Good source of Functional Food Products
1Danik M. Martirosyan (PhD) and 2 Yuri A. Kulikov (PhD), 1Founder of Functional Foods Center at D&A Inc., Academician of the International Academy of Scientific Discoveries and Inventions, (Dallas, TX, USA), 2Kazan State University (Kazan, Russia)
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3:15
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Quality Evaluation of the Green Tea Extract and Investigation Antioxidant Activity
Arunas Savickas (PhD), Head of Drug Technology Department, Kaunas University of Medicine (Kaunas, Lithuania)
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3:30
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Intake of Functional Foods and Nutrients Among Urban as well as Rural Population Group in India.
Avula Laxmaiah, MBBS, MPH, DPH
Assistant Director, National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research (India), (Hyderabad, India)
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3:45 - 5 p.m.
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POSTERS PRESENTATION SESSION AND WORKSHOP
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5:00 p.m.
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CONFERENCE CLOSING
Dr. Danik M. Martirosyan – Chairmen of Conference, Functional Foods Center (Dallas, TX, USA)
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