Day 1 :
Keynote Forum
Dr Salwa Farooq
Department of Community Medicine Al-Ameen Medical College ,Vijayapura , Karnataka, India .
Keynote: Factors influencing weight gain in Freshmen Female Medical Students
Biography:
Dr.Salwa Farooq is a recent graduate of Al-Ameen Medical College, Vijayapura, Karnataka, India. She has shown an interest in community medicine and works as an assistant professor and this research is one of the 1st few ones. Dr Afreen Anwar Makai is a final year medical student in AlAmeen Medical college who helped in collecting and analysing data.
Abstract:
When freshmen get into college, they get exposed to unlimited food choices and this new environment makes them susceptible for a weight gain during their first year. In this study we determined the weight gain in the first year female medical students in Al-Ameen Medical College, Vijayapura, Karnataka.The objective of this study is to find out factors influencing weight gain in students and compare their habits with the ones who have lost weight or have not seen any weight changes. We also assessed their willingness to change habits for better health. A list of questions were asked to 50 students, which were based on their lifestyle like sleep, eating habits, and physical activity. Their BMI and body weight were also measured. All the students were of age between 18 to 25 yrs. The students had a mean weight gain of 2.3 kg and average BMI of 25.3. Students who stayed in hostel gained more weight than the ones living with their parents. 56% of students gained weight and 25% amongst them had irregular eating habits and 92% were found to consume 3-4 takeout meals a week .10 % had seen no change in weight and 34 % were found to have lost a mean weight of 1.1 kg. Approximately 58% of them changed their eating habits. And almost 90% of have shown concern regarding their health and are willing to change their habits for better health.Majority of the students have no complains regarding their amount of sleep but they feel hindrance in the amount of physical activity as they have difficulty balancing studying and work. Many of the students were getting adequate sleep but one of the main reason for the weight gain was their irregular eating habits and choosing unhealthy food options like takeouts and cafeteria food.
- Nutrition, Health and Wellness
Location: Madrid, Spain
Session Introduction
Chaachouay N.
Ait Laasri Massaghra El Kansera, 15000 Khemisset, Morocco. Co-authors: Zidane L.
Title: Ethnomedicinal studies on plants used by people of Rif, Morocco
Biography:
Chaachouay N has completed his/her PhD at the age of 30 years from FSK University, Morocco. He is the SVT professor of Al Majd high school, Morocco. He has over 4 publications that have been cited over 30 times, and his publication H-index is .4
Abstract:
Background: Since early times, the people of Morocco use medicinal and aromatic plants as traditional medicine to heal different human ailments. However, little studies have been made in the past to properly document and promote the traditional ethnomedical knowledge. Objective: This study was carried out in the Rif (North of Morocco), it aimed to establish the catalog of medicinal plants and to identify medicinal and aromatic plant used by the local people to treat diseases, together with the associated ethnomedicinal knowledge. Material and Methods: The ethnomedical information collected was from 1000 local healers using semi-structured interviews, free listing and focus group. Family importance value (FIV), relative frequency of citation (RFC), plant part value (PPV), fidelity level (FL) and informant consensus factor (ICF) were employed in data analysis. Medicinal and aromatic plant were collected, identified and kept at the natural resources and biodiversity laboratory, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra. Results: During the present study 290 medicinal plant species belonging to 74 families has been documented. The most frequent ailments reported were osteoarticular diseases (ICF = 0.9818). The majority of the remedies were prepared from decoction (38.6%). Leaves were the most frequently used plant part (PPV 0.364) and Rosmarinus officinalis L. (RFC = 0.189) was the specie most commonly prescribed by local herbalists. Conclusions: The results of this study showed the existence of indigenous ethnomedicinal knowledge of medicinal plants in the Moroccan Rif to treat diseases. Further research on phytochemical, pharmacological and toxicological should be considered to discover new drugs from these documented plants.
- Healthy Eating and Balanced Diet
Location: Madrid, Spain
Session Introduction
EL MIR Nisrine
Nisrine EL MIR, PhD student, university ibn tofeil, morocco
Title: The most consumed recipes in Morocco: micronutrients needed for the Moroccan population
Biography:
Phd student in Ibn Tofaïl University-CNESTEN, Joint Research Unit in Nutrition and Food, RDC-Nutrition AFRA/IAEA, Rabat-
Kénitra, Morocco
Abstract:
The objective of this work is to determine the nutritional profile of the most consumed recipes by the
Moroccan population
From 302 recipes consumed in Morocco, 50 RECIPES were selected as the most consumed ones by the Moroccan population. The selected recipes in our study were made based on moroccan food composition table data from a study on the nutritional profile and obesity among Moroccan women using a survey on 200 families and 94 Moroccan dishes consumed per month. We were able to have an average recipe to proceed to the preparation of the recipes following a protocol of preparation and cooking; this calculation is based also on the manufacturing and storage processes, the nutrients to be calculated by the mixed method using both retention, and yield factors. We have determined the nutritional profile in vitamins and minerals of the 50 most consumed recipes in Moroccos and calculated the Nutriscore and SAIN LIM for each recipe
The 50 Moroccan recipes most consumed in Morocco are rich in vitamins and minerals and most of these recipes are classified between A and C for the nutriscore; the calculation of SAIN and LIM is in line with Nutriscore
The most consumed recipes in Morocco provide sufficient daily recommended intake of vitamins and minerals for the Moroccan population, therefore, these traditional dishes must be valued.
- Nutraceuticals and Medicinal Foods
Location: Madrid, Spain
Session Introduction
González-Hedström, Daniel
. Pharmactive Biotech Products S.L. (Spain)
Title: Comparison of Antioxidant Activity of Different Standardized Plant Extracts: saffron (Crocus sativus L.) stigmas and aged garlic (Allium sativum) extracts
Biography:
Daniel González Hedström obtained his Biochemistry degree in 2016 at the Universitat de les Illes Balears (Spain). After completing the Biochemistry Degree, he obtained his Master in Pharmacological Research at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain), where he carried out his Master Thesis about the cardiovascular insulin resistance in an experimental model of childhood obesity in rats.
Daniel González Hedström is doing his PhD Doctorate in Pharmacology and Physiology at the Research & Development of Pharmactive Biotech Products S. L. in collaboration with the research group of Dr. Miriam Granado, as academic tutor, under the Doctorado Industrial fellowship by the Comunidad de Madrid. His work is focused in the development of new plant-based nutraceuticals and test its functionality In vitro and In vivo.
He has recently published 3 papers in Q1 journals and he has participated in many different scientific congresses.
Abstract:
Oxidative stress is the major cause for which many chronic and degenerative diseases occur1. Among them, aging, atherosclerosis, ischemic heart disease, neurodegenerative diseases and cancer are included2. It is known that the action of the harmful free radicals which cause the oxidative stress can be blocked by antioxidant substances, which contain scavenging activity and produces the detoxification of the organism. Nowadays, it has been known that several plant extracts contain antioxidant activity, using them as a source of antioxidants to eliminate free radicals3,4. Thus, the aim of this study was the evaluation of the antioxidant activity of different saffron (Crocus sativus L.) stigma extracts (SE), as antioxidants for neurodegenerative disease prevention, and garlic (Allium sativum) and red yeast rice extracts, as antioxidants for the cardiovascular disease prevention. On the one hand, the antioxidant activity of two different SE, Spanish SE (affron®) and Iranian SE (ISE) were compared. On the other hand, two short-term aged black garlic extracts (ABG10+® and ABG10+®organic), one long-term aged garlic extract (LTAG) and one red yeast rice extract (RYR) were compared. The antioxidant capacity measure was assessed by 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging activity assay as described by Parejo et al. 20025. The IC50 of the % of DPPH oxidation inhibition was used to compare the antioxidant capacity of the different extracts. Nearly a 2-fold higher IC50 value was obtained for affron® compared to ISE, and nearly a 10-fold higher and 2-fold higher IC50 values were obtained for ABG10+® and ABG10+®organic compared to LTAG and RYR extract correspondingly.
In conclusion, affron® has been shown to have more antioxidant capacity than ISE. While ABG10+® and ABG10+®organic, has been shown to have more antioxidant capacity than LTAG and RYR. Therefore, affron® and ABG10+® would provide higher antioxidant activity for neurodegenerative and cardiovascular disease prevention respectively.
- Food, Nutrition and Fitness
Location: Madrid, Spain
Session Introduction
Swati Tiwari
Pondicherry University, Puducherry
Title: Emulsion based delivery system for ‘Green’ carotenoids extracted from carrot bio-waste
Biography:
Swati Tiwari has expertise in research and development especially in the area of functional foods, She wants to develop new products in the sense that the food will acquire nutritional appropriateness and to meet the nutritional demands along with increasing consumer awareness towards nutrition and health.
Abstract:
Carotenoids extracted from carrot pomace (CREP) in oil using green bio-refinery approach were incorporated into the emulsion based delivery system. The oil in water emulsion was prepared by varying the levels of carotenoid rich extract (30-40%), whey protein concentrates (WPC-80) (5-10%) and lactose (5-10%), while keeping the level of gum arabic constant. The different combinations were analyzed for particle size, zeta potential, viscosity and colour value (L*, a* and b*). The optimized emulsion was analysed for total carotenoid content, antioxidant activity as ABTS, DPPH, FRAP and colour value.
Findings: The optimized emulsion yielded a particle size of 120.03±8.20 nm, zeta potential of -16.57±0.49mV, viscosity of 0.124±0.0115 Pa.s, L*
of 75.11±0.04, a* of 9.66±0.32 and b* value of 50.29±0.62. The encapsulation efficiency of the optimized emulsion was approx. 92.745 %. The emulsion had total carotenoid content of 34.6±0.137 (μg/g), antioxidant activity in terms of ABTS 1133.28±25.67 μg Trolox eq./ml, DPPH 292.07±23.22 μg Trolox eq./ml and FRAP 622.96±18.91 μM Trolox eq./ml and color value in terms of L* 74.21±0.32, a* 10.12±0.342 and b* 51.94±0.450. The liquid emulsion was observed under Transmission Electron Microscopy, while the freeze dried form of emulsion was observed under Scanning Electron Microscopy.