8h30 - Registration
8h50 - Opening of the conference by Dr. Marvin Edeas and Pr. Joseph Bannister
9h00 - Oxidative Stress, Mitochondria, and Chronic Diseases: Can antioxidants break this vicious circle?
Dr Marvin Edeas – President of the French Society for Antioxidants, Paris, France
9h30 - Overview and advanced results on polyphenols and their properties
Pr. Olivier Dangles – INRA, University of Avignon, France
10h00 - Polyphenols behind the antioxidant effect: insights for nutraceutical and cosmetic function
Pr. Fulvio Ursini – Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Padova,
Padova, Italy
10h30 - Break / Poster & Visit of the
11h00 - Problems of quantitative and qualitative estimation of polyphenols
Pr. Alegria Carrasco Pancorba - Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Spain
11h30 - Use of polyphenols against cardiovascular diseases
Dr. Ramaroson Andriantsitohaina – University of Medicine, UMR CNRS 6214, INSERM 771, Angers, France
12h00 - Effect of polyphenols from wine on hormone-related cancer treatment
Pr. Joseph Vercauteren – University of Pharmacy, Montpellier, France
12h30 - Lunch / Poster & Visit of the
14h00 - Use of polyphenols against cancer: role of resveratrol and grapevine extracts
Pr. Norbert Latruffe – University of Bourgogne, Dijon, France
14h30 - Phytochemicals and hormone dependant diseases: latest advances on menopause and osteoporosis
Pr. Aedin Cassidy - School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
15h00 - The multiple beneficial properties of fruits and vegetables in brain aging: turning back the ravages of time
Dr. Jim Joseph - USDA-ARS, Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, USA
15h30 - Polyphenols, skin ageing and Cosmetics : Dream or Reality ?
Mr Patrice André – Laboratoire Substances Naturelles / Parfums Christian Dior, France
16h00 - Obtaining a natural cocoa powder rich in polyphenols: characterization and bioavalability
Dr Javier Arcos, R&D Director, Natraceutical Group, Valencia, Spain
16h10 - New tool to evaluate the electron transfer capacity of polyphenols
Dr Josep Lluis Torres, IIQAB-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
16h16 - De novo ceramide biosynthesis is involved in resveratrol-induced inhibition of ornithinedecarboxylase activity
Dr Sandra Ulrich, 1st Department of Internal Medicin, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main; Germany
16h25 - Break / Poster & Visit of the
18h00 - Pick Up for the Gala Dinner
Friday October 27 2006
9h00 - Bioavailability and efficacy of Polyphenols
Dr. Marie-Josèphe Amiot-Carlin – INSERM / INRA, Marseille, France
9h30 - What are the impacts of polyphenol interactions with other molecules in food?
Dr. Véronique Cheynier – INRA, Montpellier, France
10h00 - Application of polyphenols in food industry: flax lignans
Dr. Bernard Schmitt, Directeur du Centre Européen de Recherche en Nutrition, Centre Hospitalier de Bretagne Sud, Lorient, France
10h30 - Break / Poster & Visit of the
11h00 -Uses of Polyphenols in seafood conservation
Instituto del Frio, Department of Science and Technology of Meat and Meat Products and Fish and Fishery Products (DMF), Madrid, Spain
11h30 - Uses of polyphenols and phenolic acid in meat, dairy and berry product conservation
Pr. Marina Heinonen - Department of Applied Chemistry and Microbiology, University of Helsinki, Finland
12h00 - Latest advances in Polyphenols uses in drink industries
Pr. Sonia Collin, Catholic University of Leuwen, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
12h30 - Lunch / Poster & Visit of the
14h00 - Use of polyphenols in Japanese food, drinks and cosmetics products
Dr. Mizuho Nasu – Japanese Society of Antioxidants, Japan
14h20 - Bioavailability of Chlorogenic Acid
Dr. Sophie Lafay, Berkem, Gardonne, France
14h26 - Study of the antimicrobial action on human pathogenic bacteria and effect on viability of mammalian normal and tumor cells of polyphenols from argentinean rosemary plants
Dr. Silvia Moreno, Fundación Instituto Leloir, formerly Fundación Campomar, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
14h36 - Effects of tea catechins on body fat in humans
Dr. Akiro Chikama, KAO corporation, Tokyo, Japan
14h42 - Oligopin the original strengths from pine
M. Jean Louis Assouad, DRT, Dax, France
14h52 - FLORA, flavonoids and related phenolics for healthy living using orally recommended antioxidants
Dr Katia Petroni, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomolecolari e Biotecnologie, Milano, Italy.
14h58 - Coenzyme 1 (N.A.D.H.): the strongest biological antioxidant as active ingredient for supplements, cosmetics and functional food
Pr Joerg Birkmayer, Department for Medical Chemistry University of Graz, Graz, Austria
15h04 - Conclusion of the Conference and Discussion with the scientific committee
The scientific committee will name the most innovative project upon oral or poster presentation: Mediterranean Antioxidant Ingredient 2006.
