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FFC's 24th International Conference and Expo on Functional Foods - 12th Int. Symposium of ASFFBC

Functional Foods, Nutrition and Chronic Diseases: Science and Practice

September 20-21, 2018, at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

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Abstract Accepted for the Presentation:

Poster presentation recommendations:

  • Poster presentations give the audience a clear visual of the presenter's work in a simple format. The reasonable size for posters is 2.5-3.0 feet high by 3.5-4 feet wide.
  • Present the title, the author(s), affiliation(s), and a description of the research, along with highlighting the abstract's major elements.
  • Minimize detail and try to use simple statements. Keep it short and easy to read.
  • Remember that pictures, tables, and figures are key to any poster display.
  • If possible, use color in your visuals.
  • Don't overwhelm the audience with excessive information. Instead, construct a display that enhances the presentation.
  • At least 50% of the surface area should be used for photos, graphs and diagrams.
  • Use a clear structure and layout.
  • Use complementary colors. Use black or dark blue for text. Too much color can be hard to read!
  • One or two large, high quality photographs attract attention.
  • Your title should be a condensed statement of the main idea of your poster. It should be large and clear.
  • Your poster title should be easily readable from a distance of 3-4 meters. Include author(s) name(s), and address(es).
  • We recommend the following sections on the poster: Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Tables, Figures, Results, and Conclusions.
  • Please confirm your poster number on the list. The posters with odd numbers will be presented on September 20, 2018 and the posters with even numbers will be presented on September 21, 2018.
  • Please put up your own poster in the position indicated by your presentation number by noon of each day. Presentation numbers are already indicated on display panels. Please check your presentation number and be careful to put up your poster on the correct panel. Please use pins to put up posters. Please do not use glue or sellotape.
  • Please present your work in front of your own poster during the poster session.
  • The best poster presentation award will be chosen by votes of all participants.
  • Posters will be changed every day. Please help by taking your own poster down. Posters still displayed after the removal time has passed will be disposed of by the secretary the following day.

For more information on oral presentation please visit conference program page.

Abstracts Accepted for Presentation:


O* -  abstract for oral presentation

P** - abstract for poster presentation

P1. Sheila Wicks. Osteogenic effects of blackcurrant and Acai extracts in human hFOB osteoblasts and transgenic medaka

P2. Sheila Wicks. Vitamin D2 induces apoptosis in breast and colon cancer cell lines via caspase 3/7 and 8 and has synergistic effects with vitamin D3 and all-trans-retinoic acid

P3. Sheila Wicks. Resveratrol and dietary anthocyanins reduce osteoblast apoptosis, increase osteoblast proliferastion, and reduce osteoclastogenesis in transgenic medaka

O1. Hossein Mirmiranpour. Assessment of flabone effect on oxidants and antioxidants in patients with type 2 diabetes

O2. Karen Lau. Functional Food Regulation in New Zealand

P4. Junyi Wang. Phytochemical Profiles, Antioxidant activity, and Antiglycemic activity of Organic and Conventional Beetroot and Processed Products

O3. Okoronkwo Nnenna Ejije. Examining the Functional Components of Different Species of Sesame Seeds

P5. Siddanagouda Shivanagoudra. Potential anti-diabetic compounds from Momordica charantia L

O4. Nweze Chibuzo Carole. Comparative Effects of Antioxidant Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods on Cellular Immunity of Appartently Healthy Volunteers

O5. Defi Pramesti. Shagaol , An Antioxidant Substance,  in Bandrek as an Agent to Inhibit Breast Cancer Invasion

O6. Mache Seibel. Foods & Nutrition To Help Manage Menopause

O7. Victoria Pardo Uzitas. Creating Trends: How food companies are bridging scientific discovery and consumer need in the quest for the next great product

O8. Temitope Abu. Comparative Study of the Effects of Germination and Fermentation on Antioxidant Properties of African Locus Beans (Parkia biglobosa) Seeds

O9. Kuhu Roy. Role of Silymarin in the Management of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Time to Clear the Mist

P6. Stanijuanita Marantika. The Effect of Honey as Wound Healer towards Diabetes Mellitus’ Complications Patients

P7. Lu Zhang. Improvement effect ofLuffa cylindrica on obesity though modulating lipid-absorption pathway

O10. Nila Ghanei. The effect of probiotic supplementation on clinical, endocrinal and immunological parameters in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)

O11. Arshad Mehmood Abbasi. Phenolics composition and in-vitro free radical scavenging activity of edible wild fruits by the inhabitants of Himalayan region-Pakistan

O12. Tom O’Bryan. The Dangers of A gluten-free Diet

P8. Mengxuan Shi. The anti-obesity effects evaluation of nutritious fruit – vegetable powders using in vitro fermentation

P9. Pengpu Wu. Blueberry anthocyanins extract modulates acrylamide-induced change of gut microbiota in rats.

O13. Oluwatoyin Oluwole. Integrating Consumption of Functional Food Products Into Food Industries

O14. Nuria Martínez Sáez. Evaluation of melatonin and other bioactive compounds in widespread teas and herbal infusions

O15. Ruud Albers. Development of innovative natural immunomodulatory health ingredient from carrots

O16. Christy Kadharmestan. Contributing Factors to Future Success of Functional Food Products

P10. Susan Bires. Blood Glucose Level and Lipid Profile of Alloxan-Induced Hyperglycemic Rats Treated with Single and Combinatorial Herbal Formulations

O17. Gianluca Tognon. Is cheese a functional food?

P11  Hongyan Wang. An acidic polysaccharide from Dendrobium huoshanense attenuates development of type 2 diabetes by regulating hepatic glucose homeostasis and islet β-cells function in mice

P12. Mehboob Manji. Usage of Red kidney beans to enhance kidney function in chronic renal failure

O19. Mehboob Manji. Especially Designed Ready to Consume Nutritional Food  for Preventing of Non-Communicable Disease

O20. Bernd Markert. Lithium as phase stabilizer for neurological diseases / effects on reduction of suicide rates, bipolar disorders, dementia, Alzheimer, and other mental related diseases

P13. Carolina Gomez Catano. Development of filled gluten free cup cake with hydrocololoids for celiacs.

O21. Izabela Tanska. Regulation and Innovations in the EU or Development & Marketing of new functional food products in the EU

P14. Ennio Avolio. The effects of psychobiotic formulation on anxiety status and body composition parameters

P15. Alexandra Zambrano. Cytotoxic and antioxidant properties in vitro of Functional beverages based on blackberry (Rubus sp.) and soursop (Annona muricata L.) pulps

P16. Ennio Avolio. Psychobiotics regulate the anxiety symptoms in carriers of allele A of IL1-b gene: a randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial

P17. Ennio Avolio. Probiotics modify body weight together with anxiety states via pro-inflammatory factors in HFD-treated Syrian golden hamster

O22. Tugba Yilmaz. Aptamer based electrochemical detection of disease biomarkers that have relations with functional foods

P18. Mehboob Manji. Especially Designed Ready to Consume Nutritional Food for Preventing of Non-Communicable Disease