ICoFF2007 - International Conference on Food Factors for Health Promotion -

PROGRAM

Program PDF Download

November 30 (Friday)

8:30 Room A Room B1 Room B2 Room C1 Room D, E, Sakura
Symposium 11

Exercise and Food Factor:
Multiple Effects in Health Promotion


Sponsored by Phiten Co.,Ltd
Symposium 12

Prevention of
Age-relating Neurodegenerative Disorders



Symposium 13

Helicobacter pylori
and Food Factors


Sponsored by Nisshin Pharma inc.
and
GHEN Corporation
Symposium 14

Food and Immunology

Collaborated with
Japanese Association
for Food Immunology
10:30
10:45 Coffee Break
Plenary Lecture 10

Shaw Watanabe
Plenary Lecture 11

Toshihiro Nakajima
11:30
11:35
Invited Lecture 7
Chandan K.Sen

Sponsored by Eisai Food & Chemical Co., Ltd.
Invited Lecture 8
Takahiro Tsujita

Sponsored by Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Invited Lecture 9
Hiroshige Itakura
Akiyoshi Uchiyama

Sponsored by Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.
Invited Lecture 10
Martin Korte


Sponsored by Phiten Co., Ltd.

12:35
12:40
Poster Discussion
13:40
13:45
Symposium 15

Prebiotics and Probiotics
Symposium 16

Metabolic Syndrome and
Food Function


Sponsored by Otsuka Pharmaceuticals Co.,Ltd
Symposium 17

Vitamin E in Health and Disease

Co-organized with
19th Meeting of Japanese Vitamin E Research Association
and
Eisai Co., Ltd.
Symposium 18

New Horizons of Lipoic Acid
in Science & Technology

Co-organized with
2nd Meeting of Japanese
α-Lipoic Acid Association
15:45
16:00 Coffee Break
Symposium 19

Tea Science

Sponsored by
Taiyo Kagaku Co.,Ltd


Symposium 20

Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)




Symposium 21

New Generation Vitamin E "Tocotrienol"


Sponsored by
Eisai Food & Chemical
Co., Ltd.
Symposium 22

The Allium Sulfur Compounds: Chemistry and Functionality




18:00

   18:30∼ Awarding Ceremony -Wine Tasting Party - at Room Swan

PL10 10:45-11:30
                                            Session Chairperson:  Junji Terao, Japan
"Equol producer: The key to understanding the health effects of soy"
Shaw Watanabe, Japan
PL11 10:45-11:30
                                            Session Chairperson:  Yuji Naito, Japan
"What synoviolin tell us? - Luxury feed back theory -"
Toshihiro Nakajima, Japan
IL7 11:35-12:35
                                            Session Chairperson:  Masashi Mizuno, Japan
"Natural vitamin E tocotrenol: A new horizon in nutritional countermeasures against neurodegeneration"
Chandan K. Sen, USA
IL8 11:35-12:35
                                            Session Chairperson: Kazutaka Maeyama, Japan
"Chestnut Astringent Skin (CAS) extract: An enzyme reaction inhibitor retards carbohydrate absorption"
Takahiro Tsujita, Japan
IL9 11:35-12:35
Session Title: Astaxanthin-overview and clinical experience on metabolic syndrome
Session Chairperson: Hiroshige Itakura, Japan
Session Speakers (Alphabetical order):
"A overview of astaxanthin for prevention of chronic diseases"
Hiroshige Itakura, Japan
"Clinical efficacy of astaxanthin-Containing Haematococcus pluvialis extract for prevention of metabolic syndrome"
Akiyoshi Uchiyama, Japan
IL10 11:35-12:35
                                            Session Chairperson:  Toshikazu Yoshikawa, Japan
"Analysis of the mode of action of aquatitan tapes on nerve cells processing pain memory"
Martin Korte, Germany
S11 8:30-10:30
Session Title: Exercise and food factor: Multiple effects in health promotion
Session Organizer: Yoshikazu Takanami, Japan
Session Chairpersons: Ryoichi Nagatomi, Japan
                                  Paul Williams, USA
Session Speakers:
"Modulation of large artery stiffness by dietary factors"
Phillip E. Gates, UK
"Health benefits of vigorous exercise"
Paul Williams, USA
"Protein and carbohydrate supplementation during aerobic exercise training accelerates thermoregulatory adaptation"
Kazunobu Okazaki, Japan
"Significance of modified immune parameters by food and exercise"
Ryoichi Nagatomi, Japan
S12 8:30-10:30
Session Title: Prevention of age-relating neurodegenerative disorders
Session Organizer: Wakako Maruyama, Japan
Session Chairpersons: Robert D. Abbott, USA
                                  Makoto Naoi, Japan
Session Speakers:
"Roles of phytochemicals in the prevention of neurodegenerative disorders"
Masafumi Ito, Japan
"Oxidation of fish oil-derived polyunsaturated fatty acid may initiate abnormal protein oligomerization and neuronal death in Parkinson's disease"
Wakako Maruyama, Japan
"The risk of Alzheimer's disease and nutritional factors"
Mieko Otsuka, Japan
"Diet, body composition, physical activity, and the future risk of Parkinson's disease: Findings from the Honolulu-Asia aging study"
Robert D. Abbott, USA
S13 8:30-10:30
Session Title: Helicobacter pylori and food factors
Session Organizer: Hidekazu Suzuki, Japan
Session Chairpersons: Ernst J. Kuipers, Netherlands
                                  Hidekazu Suzuki, Japan
Session Speakers:
"Antibacterial activity of plant tannins against Helicobacter pylori"
Shunji Hayashi, Japan 
"FP-10, a casein-derived Maillard reaction product, suppresses Helicobacter pylori colonization of the stomach"
Shigeru Hiramoto, Japan
"Chicken egg yolk antibody (IgY) as a functional food for controlling Helicobacter pylori infection"
Sa Van Nguyen, Japan
"Helicobacter pylori and nutrients; an underestimated interplay?"
Ernst J. Kuipers, The Netherlands
S14 8:30-10:30
Session Title: Food and immunology
Session Organizer: Naoki Shimojo, Japan
Session Chairpersons: Hiroshi Kiyono, Japan
                                  Mimi Tang, Australia
Session Speakers:
"Dynamism and uniquness of the mucosal immune system"
Hiroshi Kiyono, Japan
"Immunoregulation of food allergy using probiotics and irradiated allergen"
Soo-Young Lee, Republic of Korea
"Probiotic therapy for the treatment and prevention of allergic disease: What is the evidence?"
Mimi Tang, Australia
"Prevention of food allergy development by food factors"
Hiroshi Akiyama, Japan
S15 13:45-15:45
Session Title: Prebiotics and probiotics
Session Organizer: Yoshihide Fujiyama, Japan
Session Chairpersons: Yoshimi Benno, Japan
                                  Claudio De Simone, Italy
Session Speakers:
"Probiotics: Facts and myths"
Claudio De Simone, Italy
"New approach for human colonic microbiota and probiotic functions"
Yoshimi Benno, Japan
"Probiotics in primary prevention of atopic dermatitis: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial"
Geun Eog Ji, Republic of Korea
"Probiotic therapy for pouchitis after restorative proctocolectomy for ulcerative colitis"
Toshiki Mimura, Japan
"Probiotic Lactobacillus for the experimental treatment of intestinal inflammation"
Keiichi Mitsuyama, Japan
"Prebiotic treatment of ulcerative colitis with germinated barley foodstuff"
Osamu Kanauchi, Japan
S16 13:45-15:45
Session Title: Metabolic syndrome and food function
Session Organizer: Teruo Kawada, Japan
Session Chairpersons: Eiji Takeda, Japan
                                  Rina Yu, Republic of Korea
Session Speakers:
"Metabolic syndrome: Clinical concept and molecular mechanism"
Tohru Funahashi, Japan
"The role of immune signaling molecules in obesity-induced inflammatory responses and metabolic syndrome"
Rina Yu, Republic of Korea
"Combination of food and nutrients for metabolic syndrome"
Eiji Takeda, Japan
"AMPK, a target for drugs and food factors in obesity and the metabolic syndrome"
D. Grahame Hardie, UK
S17 13:45-15:45
Session Title: Vitamin E in health and disease
Session Organizer: Shiro Urano, Japan
Session Chairpersons: Angelo Azzi, USA
                                  Shiro Urano, Japan
Session Speakers:
"Anti-cancer effects of vitamin E succinate, malonate, and oxalate"
Kenji Fukuzawa, Japan
"Vitamin E improves cognitive deficit of rats caused by oxidative stress during aging"
Koji Fukui, Japan
"α-TTP, a major determinant of plasma vitamin E level"
Hiroyuki Arai, Japan
"Immunomodulatory functions of vitamin E"
Sung Nim Han, Republic of Korea
"Apoptosis in the treatment of Vitamin E"
Hiroshi Tamai, Japan
"Reactive oxygen species production in Helicobacter pylori CagA-expressed gastric epithelial cells"
Osamu Handa, Japan
"Tocotrienol ameliorates metabolic syndrome induced renal damage"
Masatoshi Mune, Japan
S18 13:45-15:45
Session Title: New horizons of lipoic acid in science & technology
Session Organizer: Seiichi Matsugo, Japan
Session Chairpersons: Dirk Cremer, Switzerland
                                  Seiichi Matsugo, Japan
Session Speakers:
"Biological behavior of lipoic acid"
Tetsuya Konishi, Japan
"Mitochondrial nutrients: On delaying aging and improving age-related degenerative diseases"
Jiankan Liu, USA
"Protective effect of α-lipoic acid against radiation-induced cognitive dysfunction and cerebellar oxidative stress in mice"
Kazunori Anzai, Japan
"Lipoic acid and Alzheimer's disease"
Klaus Hager, Germany
"The safety of alpha lipoic acid"
Dirk Cremer, Switzerland
S19 16:00-18:00
Session Title: Tea science
Session Organizer: Mari Maeda-Yamamoto, Japan
Session Chairpersons: Mari Maeda-Yamamoto, Japan
                                  Tojiro Tsushida, Japan
Session Speakers:
"Effect of tea extracts on gastric mucosal erosion and hemorrhage in Helicobacter pylori infected Mongolian gerbils"
Naohide Kinae, Japan
"Green tea components - Relaxation and antioxidant effects"
Lekh R. Juneja, Japan
"L-theanine in the management of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. A double blind, placebo controlled trial"
Michael R. Lyon, Canada
"Green tea improves adipocytokine balance in patients of chronic hepatitis C with a high possibility of becoming metabolic syndrome and IFN resistance"
Yoichi Sameshima, Japan
S20 16:00-18:00
Session Title: Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)
Session Organizer: Yoshiyuki Takei, Japan
Session Chairpersons: Gavin E. Arteel, USA
                                  Yoshiyuki Takei, Japan
Session Speakers:
"Pathogenesis of NAFLD/NASH"
Gavin E. Arteel, USA
"Pathophysiology and experimental therapeutics of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis"
Kenichi Ikejima, Japan
"NASH and metabolic syndrome; Influence of age and gender"
Etsuko Hashimoto, Japan
"Complement in ethanol-induced liver injury"
Laura Nagy, USA
"The development of new drug screening system using steatohepatitis Medaka fish model induced by high fat diet"
Toshihiko Matsumoto, Japan
S21 16:00-18:00
Session Title: New generation Vitamin E "Tocotrienol"
Session Organizer: Hiroyuki Yoshimura, Japan
Session Chairpersons: Andre Theriault, USA
                                  Hiroyuki Yoshimura, Japan
Session Speakers:
"Chemical reactivities and physical effects in comparison between tocopherols and tocotrienols"
Yasukazu Yoshida, Japan
"Tocotrienol metabolism in rats"
Saiko Ikeda, Japan
"Tocotrienol in the amelioration of the metabolic syndrome"
Andre Theriault, USA
"Role of tocotrienol in cancer prevention"
Sayori Wada, Japan
"Molecular basis of tocotrienols activity in modulating the growth and proliferation of breast cancer cells"
Fabio Virgili, Italy
S22 16:00-18:00
Session Title: The Allium sulfur compounds: Chemistry and functionality
Session Organizer: Yasujiro Morimitsu, Japan
Session Chairpersons: Yasujiro Morimitsu, Japan
                                  Taiichiro Seki, Japan
                                  Lee-Yan Sheen, Taiwan
Session Speakers:
"Lachrymatory factor synthase (LFS), a long overlooked enzyme in onion"
Shinsuke Imai, Japan
"Reactive sulfur species in plants: From basic chemistry to the development of novel drugs and pesticides"
Claus Jacob, Germany
"Pharmacokinetics of water soluble organosulfur compounds from garlic"
Yukihiro Kodera, Japan
"Anticancer effects of Allium sulfur compounds"
Taiichiro Seki, Japan
"Regulation of glutathione-related antioxidation and detoxification system in liver by allyl sulfides of garlic oil"
Lee-Yan Sheen, Taiwan

ICoFF2007 - International Conference on Food Factors for Health Promotion -