Accepted Abstracts for Presentation

This list is not finalized, because the abstract submission deadline will be extended soon. 

O* - abstract for oral presentation

P** - abstract for poster presentation

V*** - abstract for virtual presentation

1. (O) Sophio Kalmakhelidze, PhD, Department of Physics, Biophysics, Biomechanics and Informative Technologies of Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia. Protective effect of Herniarin on ionizing radiation-induced neurobehavioral changes
2. (O) Debasis Bagchi, PhD, Professor, Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, and Department of Psychology, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York, USA. An Overview on the Regulations of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods in the United States with a Special Emphasis on GRAS Status
3. (O) Akinori Yanaka, MD, PhD, Visiting Researcher, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan. Dietary Sulforaphane Mitigates Colonic Mucosal Inflammation in Dextran Sulfate Sodium-Treated Mice and in Human Patients with Ulcerative Colitis.
4. (O) Manashi Bagchi, PhD, FACN, Department of Research & Development, Dr. Herbs LLC, Concord, California, USA. Clinical investigation to assess the safety and efficacy of a patented fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum) seed extract in Type 2 diabetics: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled
5. (O) Abimbola Kemisola, PhD, Department of Home Economics and Food Science, University of Ilorin, Nigeria. Anti-diabetic properties of mango - neem leaf tea: effect on glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity and insulin concentration.
6. (O) Yasuhito Shirai, Ph.D, Dean and Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, KObe, Japan. 67 kDa Laminin receptor works as Vitamin E receptor.
7. (O) Zayniddin Muhidinov, PhD, Lead Scientist, Chemistry Institute of the National Academy of Sciences, Tajikistan. Biopolymers composite film with bioactive compounds for food preservation.
8. (O) Shuo Xu, PhD Student, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. A New Approach to Producing High-purity Trehalose by the Yeast Yarrowia lipolytica Displaying Trehalose Synthase on the Cell Surface.
9. (O) Qing Li, PhD Student, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. Evaluation of Safety and Physiological Functions of the New Functional Sugar Alcohol Threitol.
10. (O) Carmen Alicia Yáñez Gonzalez, MsC, MSc Chemical Engineer, University of Alicante, Spain. Infant Nutrition: Breast milk substitutes and gut-brain axis improved by microalgae.
11. (O) Anand Swaroop, PhD, Research and Development Department, Cepham Inc., Somerset, NJ, USA. Fenfuro®, furostanolic saponins from Trigonella foenum-graecum, alleviate diet-induced glucose intolerance and hepatic fat accumulation in rats.
12. (O) Claire Odornato, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA; FFC, USA.. lycopene holds significant promise as a dietary component for reducing cancer risk
13. (O) Tori Trachtenberg, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale-Davie, Florida, USA; FFC, USA.. Addressing vitamin D deficiency through nutritional strategies
14. (O) Sonam Christopher, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA; FFC, USA. The benefits of terpenoids as a potential functional food product for the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus
15. (O) Sooki Beeley, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA; FFC, USA.. Managing insomnia, anxiety, and other conditions with Valeriana officinalis: A functional food perspective
16. (O) Alondra Alvarado, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; FFC,USA. The Impact of Food Deprivation and Starvation on Mental Health: Blockade on Artsakh
17. (O) Debasis Bagchi, PhD, Professor, Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, and Department of Psychology, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York, USA. A critical insight into the molecular mechanisms of macular carotenoids with respect to their physicochemical stability, industrial production, targeted tissue delivery and bioavailability
18. (O) Lusine Matevosyan, PhD, Scientific Center of Agriculture, Ministry of Economy of RA, Armenia. Assessment of quality indicators of different varieties of peanuts (Arachis hypogaea L.) under the conditions of the foothill zone of Armenia.
19. (O) Mary Muchiri, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Karatina University, Kenya. Post-fermented Tea (Camellia sinensis) Beverages: Bioactive Compounds, Health Benefits and Future Trends in Development of Functional Foods.
20. (O) Nayma Sultana, Professor, Department of Physiology, Colonel Maleque Medical College, Manikganj, Bangladesh. Hepatoprotective Effects of Metformin Alone and In Combination With Peanut (Arachis Hypogaea L.) On Streptozotocin Induced Diabetic Rats.
21. (O) Hairong Cheng, PhD, Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. The exploration of physiological function of the newly biosynthesized sugar alcohol: Threitol.
22. (O) Tamami Shirai, PhD, Associate Researcher, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA. How Japanese diet has been changing, and how functional food including FOSHU products has been developed and resided among Japanese people.
23. (O) Anush Baghdasaryan, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA; FFC, USA. Economic implications of functional foods
24. (O) Anca Lucau-Danila, PhD, Associate Professor, BioEcoAgro, University of Lille, Lille, France. Exploring Chicory's role as a functional food in One Health
25. (O) Hui Li, PhD, Professor, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. Gycine and serine complementation is effective against serum-resistant bacteria.
26. (O) Esther Nwanna, PhD, College of Veterinary Medicine, Teaching and Research, UC Davis, USA. Bioactive compounds from copperleaf (Acalypha wilkesiana) as potential antimicrobials against AMR-pathogens causing mastitis in California dairy cattle.
27. (O) Xuanxian Peng, PhD, Professor, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. Nutrient metabolites potentiate antibiotic killing.
28. (O) Alexander Haslberger, PhD, Professor, University Vienna, Austria. Personalisation in Nutrition and in the use of Functional Foods.
29. (O) Tulo E. Alaba, PhD Student, University of Maine, USA. Steamed Broccoli Sprouts alleviated Inflammatory Bowel Disease via increased anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and gut protective Metabolites in DSS-mice.
30. (O) Elizabeth Plourde, PhD, 21st Century Health Consulting, USA. Foods Protect from Electromagnetic Radiation Harm.
31. (O) Jiawei (Vivian) Zhou, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA. Functional foods for cholesterol management: A comparison between the United States and Japan
32. (O) Sonam Christopher, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA; & FFC, USA. The benefits of terpenoids as a potential functional food product for the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus
33. (O) Gohar Kirakosyan, General scientist of Department of Breeding and Cultivation Technology, Scientific Centre of Vegetable and Industrial Crops CJSC of the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia, Ararat Marz, Armenia. Effect of Biofertilizer Application on biochemical properties content in Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L) Crops in Open and Greenhouse Conditions.
34. (O) Karine Sarikyan, Head of Department Breeding and Cultivation Technology Solanaceae Crops, Ministry of Economy of Armenia, Armenia. Study of Anthocyanins in Several Genetic Resources from the National Eggplant Collection of Armenia.
35. (O) Bella Grigoryan, PhD, Voskehat Educational and research center of enology scientific branches of Armenian National Agrarian University of Armenia, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia. The study of biochemical composition of grape and wine from Armenian selection variety Nrneni.
36. (O) Kaj Winther, Phd, Professor, Department of Nutrition, Exercise, and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Can rose-hip (rosa canina L) subspecies Lito influence the consumption of pain killers, age related body changes including skin wrinkles, cell longevity and body weight?
37. (V) Lusya Hovhannisyan, PhD, Leading Researcher, Institute of Hydroponics Problems after G.S. Davtyan, Armenia. Efficacy and Selenium Enrichment of Lycium barbarum in Hydroponic and Soil Conditions in the Ararat Valley.
38. (V) Anahit Hakobjanyan, PhD, Senior Researcher, G.S. Davtyan Institute of Hydroponics Problems, NAS RA, Yerevan, Armenia. Thuja occidentalis and its essential oil in medicine.
39. (V) Anush Vardanyan, PhD, Senior Researcher, G.S. Davtyan Institute of Hydroponics Problems, NAS RA, Armenia. Pharmacochemical investigation of medicinal raw material of Rosmarinus officinalis L. cultivated by clonal micropropagation and hydroponic combined method.
40. (V) Anna Tadevosyan, PhD, Leading Researcher, G.S.Davtyan Institute of Hydroponics Problems, NAS, Yerevan, Armenia. Antiradical activity and bioactive substances of Eleutherococcus senticosus grown under hydroponic and soil conditions in Ararat Valley and Dilijan forest zone.
41. (V) Alexander Plakida, PhD, Professor, Odessa National Medical University, Department of Physical Rehabilitation, Sports Medicine and Physical Training, Odessa, Ukraine. The effect of an aqueous solution of Chlorella Vulgaris on the composition of the body in healthy people.
42. (V) Yinan Du, PhD, School of Food Science and Technology, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, China. The effect of heat treatment on the large yellow croaker (Pseudosciaena crocea) roe protein isolates-curcumin interactions and performance of protein hydrogels.
43. (V) Gayane Martirosyan, PhD, Head of Department Vegetable Seed Production, Ministry of Economy, Armenia. Biochemical Composition of Armenian Chili Pepper Varieties for Functional Food Applications.
44. (V) Jianan Yan, PhD, Dalian Polytechnic University, China. Scallop male gonad powders improve exercise performance and exert antifatigue effect via alleviating the oxidative stress and modulating inflammatory cytokines in mice.
45. (V) Laura Alonso Pintre, BSC Student, Institute of Food Science Research (CIAL), Madrid, Spain. Proteomic identification of potential sources of antioxidant peptides from the microalga Nannochloropsis gaditana.
46. (V) Marta Magdalena Majchrzak, Masters, Institute of Food Science Research (CIAL), Madrid, Spain. Beneficial effects of simulated orogastric digests from microalga Tetraselmis chuii against Helicobacter pylori infection.
47. (V) Knarik Shamilyan, PhD, Yerevan state medical university after Mkhitar Heratsi, Armenia. Discovery of Sour cherry fruits antiplatelet activity.
48. (V) Irina Cherknukha, PhD, Academician of Russian Academy of Sciences, VM Gorbatov Federal Research Center for Food Systems, Moscow, Russia. The yeast Yarrowia lipolytica displaying trehalose synthase on the cell surface.
49. (V) Norizah Sarbon, PhD, University Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia. Purification, Identification, and Characterization of Angiotensin-I Converting Enzyme (ACE) Inhibitory Peptide from Ultrasound- Treated Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Protein Hydrolysate with Acute Toxicity study.
50. (V) Tamar Sanikidze, PhD, Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi 33, 0186, Georgia. Quantitative and qualitative evaluation of phenolic compounds (grain germinates, and grass seedling) of wheat processed with innovative laser bio agrotechnology to make a functional health-improving drug..
51. (V) Julijana Tomovska, PhD, Faculty of Biotechnical Sciences, University St. Kliment Ohridski 7000 Bitola, Macedonia. Examination of the chemical composition and chemical elements in cow’s milk.
52. (V) Chunping You, State Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology, Bright Dairy & Food Co., Ltd., Shanghai, 200436, China. Lactobacillus paracasei BD5115-derived metabolites promotes intestinal epithelial cells proliferation by upregulating the MYC signalling pathway.
53. (V) Marcello Iriti, PhD, Professor of Pharmaceutical Biology, Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, Milan State University, Italy. Climate change, natural disasters, armed conflicts and migrations at the crossroads between food and nutrition insecurity and undernourishment
54. (V) Anastasia Kim, PhD, Faculty of Biotechnologies (BioTech), ITMO University, Saint Petersburg, Russia. Antioxidant activity of fermented fabaceae as functional food product
55. (P) Rimma Osipiva, Senior Researcher, Scientific Centre of Agriculture, Armavir region, Armenia. Research of the effect of bioregulators and micro fertilizers on the productivity and quality of lentil seeds.
56. (P) Miriam Hagan, PhD, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Howard University, Washington-DC, United States of America. Seaweed Consumption and Weight Management: Exploring the Anti-Obesity Effects of Seaweed Vegetables on Adults with Obesity - A Systematic Review.
57. (P) Lusine Suvaryan, Deputy director, Ministry of Economy of Republic of Armenia, Armenia. The Main Economically Sicnificant Indicators In The Grain of Winter And Spring Forms of Triticale And Identification Of Alleles Of Short-Stem Genes.
58. (P) Francesco Marotta, Senior Consultant, Regenera R&D International for Aging Intervention, Italy. A Novel Multimodal Functional Food Approach to NAFLD/MAFLD.
59. (P) Gayane Melyan, Head of Department of Plant tissue culture, Scientific Center of Agrobiotechnology, branch of Armenian National Agrarian University, Armenia. Enhancing Yield Capacity and Quality of Strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.) cvs ´Albion ´ and ´San Andreas´ Using Biotechnological Methods.
60. (P) Gayane Shaboyan, Researcher of the Laboratory of land Nutrition and Productivity, G.S. Davtyan Institute of Hydroponics Problems, Armenia. The study of several samples of the ICARDA lentil collection in outdoor hydroponics in Ararat Valley and the soil conditions in Gegharkunik Marz, Armenia.
61. (P) Laura Ghalachyan, Senior Scientist, G.S. Davtyan Institute of Hydroponics Problems, NAS RA, Armenia. The study of gross B-radioactivity of some vegetables and medicinal plants in conditions of outdoor hydroponic systems and soil culture in Ararat Valley.
62. (P) Laura Tadevosyan, PhD, Scientific Centre of Vegetable and Industrial Crops, Darakert, Ararat Marz, Armenia. Chili pepper local varieties for funcional food.Introduction of varieties with high content of bioactive components.
63. (P) Liyun Ji, PhD Student, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. Disruption of Transaldolase Gene in the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica Discovering the Volemitol Synthetic Pathway by Reducing the Erythrose-4-P flux.
64. (P) Syuzanna Matevosyan, Head of Certification section, Center for Agriculture Research and Certification" State Non-Commercial Organization, Armenia. Certified Seeds and Planting Material as Foundations of Bioactive Compounds and Nutrients.
65. (P) Anna Tadevosyan, Leading Researcher, G.S.Davtyan Institute of Hydroponics Problems, NAS, Yerevan, Armenia. The influence of planting density on the oil and fatty acids content of soybean in hydroponic and soil conditions of the Ararat Valley
66. (P) Anna Tadevosyan, Leading Researcher, G.S.Davtyan Institute of Hydroponics Problems, NAS, Yerevan, Armenia. Some parameters of hydroponic and soil Rhubarb cultivated in Ararat Valley of Armenia.
67. (P) Ruzanna Paronikyan, Leading Researcher, Scientific and Technological Center of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry NAS of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia. Study of the psychotropic properties of N-isopropyl benzyl hydantoins and their lithium salts.
68. (P) Ani Badasyan, Bachelors Student, National University of Architecture and Construction of Armenia (NUACA), Yerevan, Republic of Armenia (RA). The Strategic Food Reserves Storage, Safety and Risk Minimization: Perspectives of Natural Underground Constructions.
69. (P) Eteri Stepanyan, Lecturer, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia. Preliminary Analysis of the Growth Potential of the Two Iranian Pistachio Varieties and Their Prospects as Functional Foods in the Conditions of the Republic of Armenia.
70. (P) Liana Grigoryan, PhD, Armenian National Agrarian University, Yerevan, Armenia. Comparative assessment of meat carcass quality of healthy and fasciolosis-affected animals.
71. (P) Marina Melkumyan, PhD, The Laboratory of Ecological Safety, "Armbiotechnology" Scientific and Production Center (SPC) of National Academy of Sciences of Republic of Armenia (NAS RA). Crops Biological Protection: Phytopathogens Growth Inhibition by The Entomopathogen.
72. (P) Samvel Bagdasaryan, PhD Student, Agrobiotechnology Scientific Center?, Branch of ANAU (Armenian National Agrarian University) Foundation. Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University (RAU), Armenia. New Functionally Substitutes Cyclopropanecarboxylic Acids as Ethylene Biosynthesis Innovative Regulators.
73. (P) Lusine Melkonyan, PhD, Senior Researcher, SPC “Armbiotechnology” NAS RA, 14 Gyurjyan, 0056, Yerevan, Armenia. Biofertilizer based on Agrobacterium as a key to food security.
74. (P) Vladimir Popov, Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology at Medical Institute of Tambov State University, Tambov, Russia. A prospective randomized comparative placebo-controlled double-blind study in two groups to assess the effect of the use of Nutraceutical with Siberian fir terpenes for the biological age.
75. (P) Hrachya Hovhannisyan, DsC, Professor, Leading Researcher of the Lactic Acid Bacteria Sector of the SPC “Armbiotechnology” of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia. A New Health Promoting Dairy Beverage Fermented by Joint Use of Probiotic Lactobacillus helveticus MDC 9602 and Alcoholic Extract of Lemon Balm.
76. (P) Naira Gasparyan, PhD, Lecturer of Armenian National Agrarian University, 74 Teryan, 0009, Yerevan, Armenia. Evaluation of Several Lettuce Varieties Based on Economically Valuable Traits and Nutritional Value Under Hydroponic Cultivation Conditions.
77. (P) Narine Hovhannisyan, PhD, Head of Division, Scientific Research Institute of Biotechnology and Nutrition. The use of secondary raw materials
78. (P) Aram Mikaelyan, PhD, Agrobiotechnology Scientific Center, Branch of ANAU, Ejmiatsin, Republic of Armenia. Plant-derived melanin: Effects on In vitro potato growth and adaptation
79. (P) Lusine Hambaryan, PhD, Chair of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia. Relationship between Spirulina platensis growth and MP (microplastic) particles biofilm formation in vitro conditons.
80. (P) Hasmik Yepremyan, PhD, Senior Researcher, Scientific and Production Center “Armbiotechnology” of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia. Purification and characterization of the recombinant aminoacylase from Escherichia coli
81. (P) Rotimi Arise, PhD, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Ilorin, Nigeria. Telfairia occidentalis seed protein hydrolysate improves glucose homeostasis in diabetic rats by ameliorating beta-cell dysfunction and carbohydrate metabolic disturbance.