Conference Program
November 17, 2015
8:30-9:00 Registration
9:00-9:05 Welcome to Kobe University
9:05-9:15 Conference opening
Session 1: Regulatory issues and health claims: functional food definition and the status of functional foods in the US and Japan. Session Chairs: Yasuhito Shirai, PhD, Professor (Kobe University, Japan) and Hitoshi Ashida, PhD, Professor (Kobe University, Japan)
9:15-9:40 Pamela Starke-Reed, PhD, Deputy Administrator, Nutrition, Food Safety and Quality, USDA. Advances in the functional foods research at the USDA Agricultural Research Service (Invited Speaker).
9:40-10:05 Fukue Seino, PhD, Consumer Affairs Agency, Government of Japan, Japan. Japanese system to regulate functional foods (Invited Speaker)
10:05-10:30 Danik M. Martirosyan, PhD, President, Functional Food Center, Dallas, TX, USA. Definition for functional food by FFC: Creating functional food products using new definition
10:30-10:50 Coffee break
Session 2: Probiotics, prebiotics and intestinal environment. Session Chair: Francesco Marotta, PhD, MD (ReGenera Research Group for Aging, Italy)
10:50-11:10 Doman Kim, PhD, Professor, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea. Enzymatic production of a natural sweetener rubusoside using a thermostable lactase and its uses
11:10-11:30 Almagul Kushugulova A, PhD, Professor, Center for Life Sciences Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan. Health-promoting functional foods and non-dairy probiotic potential and prospects in Kazakhstan
11:30-11:50 Tri Dewanti Widyaningsih, PhD, Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia. The effect of jelly drink Black Cincau (Mesona palustris BL) in the treatment of loperamide-induced constipation in wistar rats
11:50-12:10 Thornthan Sawangwan, PhD, Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Ramkamheang University, Huamark Bangkapi, Bangkok, Thailand. Glucosylglycerol on performance of prebiotic potential
12:10-12:30 Santad Wichienchot, PhD, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand. Production and evaluation of prebiotics by fecal fermentation in simulated colon system, rat and clinical study
12:30-13:30 Lunch
Session 3A: Bioactive food compounds: sources and potential health benefits. Session Chairs: Kanekanian Ara, PhD, (Cardiff Metropolitan University,United Kingdom) and Amanda Suddes, PhD (Manuka Health New Zealand Ltd, New Zealand)
13:30-13:50 Kanekanian Ara, PhD, Department of Healthcare and Food, Cardiff School of Health Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, UK. Bioactive peptides from enzymatic hydrolysis of casein by trypsin and probiotic bacteria
13:50-14:10 Gründemann Carsten, PhD, University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany. Quality aspects of Lentinula edodes (Shiitake) preparations: Biological and chemical analysis of a functional food mushroom
14:10-14:30 Mikio Nishizawa, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan. The anti-inflammatory effect of the enzyme-treated asparagus extract and its constituents in hepatocytes
14:30-14:50 Jirapa Pongjanta, PhD, Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna, Thailand. Correlation of pasting behaviors with total phenolic compounds and starch digestibility of indigenous rice grown in upper Northern Thailand
14:50-15:10 Coffee break
15:10-16:10 Session(7A): Poster Presentations (odd numbers)
Session 3B (Continues from Session 3A)
16:15-16:35 Sandun Abeyrathne, PhD, Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Animal Science and Export Agriculture, Uva Wellassa University, Badulla, Sri Lanka. Use of lysozyme from chicken egg white as a nitrite replacer in chicken meat patties
16:35-16:55 Tung-Hu Tsai, PhD, Professor, National Yang-Ming University, School of Medicine, Institute of Traditional Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan. Preclinical comparative pharmacokinetics of mangiferin in the botanical herbal extract of Anemarrhenae rhizoma, and a multiple herbal preparation
16:55-17:15 Hoyoku Nishino, MD, PhD, Professor, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan. Multi-functional aspects of fucoxanthin, a natural carotenoid
17:15-17:35 Mahta Mirzaei, PhD, Department of Food Science and Technology, Shahr-e-Qods Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. Antioxidant, ACE-inhibitory and antimicrobial activities of kluyveromyces marxianus protein hydrolysates and their peptide fractions
17:35-18:00 Closing and moving to Takikawa Memorial Hall
18:00-20:00 Banquet at Takikawa Memorial Hall, which will be free of charge for the conference participants
November 18, 2015
Session 4: Functional and medical foods for the management of chronic diseases. Session Chair: Julius Oben, PhD, Professor (University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon)
9:00-9:20 Francesco Marotta, PhD, MD, Professor, ReGenera Research Group for Aging, Intervention and Montenapoleone Medical Center, Milano, Italy. A fermented papaya preparation: novel avenues in cardiovascular and brain nutritional support strategies
9:20-9:40 Julius Oben, PhD, Professor, Head of Laboratory of Nutrition and Nutritional Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon. The effect of a novel dietary supplement ResArgin™ on various age related conditions in rats
9:40-10:00 Wen-Bin Yang, PhD, Professor, Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. A new method for aldol-sugar analysis in beverages, dietary and functional foods
10:00-10:20 Abdulatef Ahhmed, PhD, Assistant Professor, Food Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey. Meat therapy for hypertension: hybrid hydrolysate as ACE inhibitory compounds
10:20-10:40 Coffee break
Session 5: Special session organized by Health Bioscience team of Kobe University: Functional food research in Kobe University and Japan. Session Chairs: Yasuhito Shirai, PhD, Professor (Kobe University, Japan) and Masashi Mizuno, PhD, Professor(Kobe University, Japan)
10:40-11:00 Masashi Mizuno, PhD, Professor, Kobe University, Japan. Anti-inflammatory property of Lactobacillus plantarum 22A-3 through small intestinal epithelial cells
11:00-11:20 Tiyas Tono Taufiq, Student, and Ro Osawa, PhD, Professor, Kobe University, Japan. An Investigation of the mechanism for utilizing inulin-type fructans by Lactobacillus delbrueckii
11:20-11:40 Ken-ichi Yoshida, PhD, Professor, Kobe University, Japan. Production of functional inositols: conversion of agricultural wastes into value added product
11:40-12:00 Hitoshi Ashida, PhD, Professor, Kobe University, Japan. Epigallocatechin gallate and its metabolites promote translocation of glucose transporter 4 in the plasma membrane of muscle cells as a preventive mechanism of hyperglycemia by tea
12:00-12:20 Motofumi Kumazoe, PhD, Kyushu University, Japan. cGMP mediates the effect of green tea polyphenol EGCG
12:20-12:40 Yasuhito Shirai, PhD, Professor, Department of Agrobioscience, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan. Diacylglycerol kinase as a target of functional food to prevent and improve diabetic renal dysfunctions
12:40-13:40 Lunch
Session 6: Research and development of new functional food products. Session Chair: Hiroshi Maeda, PhD, Professor (Sojo University, Japan)
13:40-14:00 Hiroshi Maeda, PhD, Professor, Sojo University, Japan. Preparation of function-enhanced vegetable oils
14:00-14:20 Amanda Suddes, PhD, Manuka Health New Zealand Ltd, New Zealand. Antiproliferative activity of New Zealand propolis flavonoids and caffeate compounds against gastrointestinal carcinomas
14:20-14:40 Takuma Hayashi, PhD, Professor, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Japan. Preventive effect of ascorbic acid against Tat-dependent HIV-1 replication
14:40-15:00 Mary Muchiri PhD Student, Food and Nutritional Sciences Department, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, UK. Development of novel probiotic yogurts enriched with orange fleshed sweet potato
15:00-15:20 Coffee break
15:20-16:20 Session 7B: Poster Presentations (even numbers)
16:25-16:55 Panel Discussion: The efficacy and safety of functional foods and bioactive food compounds
Panelists: Ken-ichi Yoshida, PhD, Ro Osawa, PhD, Francesco Marotta, MD, Pamela Starke-Reed, PhD, Danik Martirosyan (PhD), Hiroshi Maeda, PhD
16:55-17:15 Awards and Membership Certificates (Membership for Academic Society of Functional Foods and Bioactive Compounds).
- Best Poster Presentation Award (by the Kobe University)
- The Academic Society will award the book “Introduction to Functional Foods Science” to the best oral presenters.
17:15-17:30 Conference closing
Conference Report:
This year, Functional Food Center (FFC) co-hosted its 19th International Conference with Kobe University. The 19th International Conference of Functional Food Center (FFC) and 7th International Symposium of Academic Society for Functional Food and Bioactive Components (ASFFBC) were held on November 17-18, 2015 at Kobe University, Kobe Japan. The conference was titled “Functional and Medical Foods, Bioactive Compounds and Biomarkers: Longevity and Quality of Life”. For the full conference report please continue read in the website of one our conference organizer website: ReGenera, the official sponsor of 19th International conference of FFC, or download pdf file.
http://www.regeneragroup.it/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ReGenera-Newsletter.pdf
Here is another conference report (FFC19) by Kobe University: http://m.blog.daum.net/yksung/18333031
