Invited Oral Presentations
Last updated: February 20, 2023
Session 1: Food-related properties of rare sugars
Miku Miyoshi (Kagawa University/Kagawa Prefectural Industrial Technology Center, Japan)
Effect of rare sugars on soy sauce brewing and related microorganisms
Masaru Ochiai (Kitasato University, Japan)
The influence of fat-carbohydrate content in diet on anti-obesity effects of D‑allulose in rats
Saranta Sawettanun (Kagawa University, Japan)
Physicochemical parameters, volatile compounds and organoleptic properties of bread preparedwith substituted sucrose with rare sugar D‑allulose
Takako Yamada (Matsutani Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., Japan)
Dietary D‑allulose reduces body fat accumulation in rats fed medium-chain triglyceride diets
Session 2: Rare sugar production
Wanmeng Mu (Jiangnan University, China)
Engineering

D‑allulose

3‑epimerase

from

Clostridium

cellulolyticumforimproved

thermostability using directed evolution facilitated by a nonenzymatic colorimetric screening
assay
Chang-Su Park (Daegu Catholic University, Republic of Korea)
Enzymatic characterization to produce D-allose from D-allulose by a recombinant L-rhamnose
isomerase from Paenibacillus baekrokdamisoliAkihide Yoshihara (Kagawa University, Japan)
Production of eights ketoheptoses using transketolase from Thermus thermophilus HB8 and Dtagatose 3-epimerase from Pseudomonas cichorii ST-24

Kenji Morimoto (Kagawa University, Japan)
Effect of organic germanium on isomerization for monosaccharide

Garry A. Diopol (Industrial Technology Development Institute, Philippines)
Process for producing a high-maltose syrup from rice (Oryza sativa L.) bran
Kamaljit Sood (Sainc Energy Limited, UK)
Improved production process for the low-calorie sugar isomaltulose
Qianzhen Dong (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Development of food-grade expression system for preparing D-allulose-3-epimerase
Hiromi Yoshida (Kagawa University, Japan)
X-ray structure of recombinant ribitol dehydrogenase from Klebsiella oxytoca
Shigehiro Kamitori (Kagawa University)
X-ray structure of allose-binding protein coded in allose operon
Atsushi Ueda (Nagasaki University, Japan)
Synthesis of 5-thiosucrose from D-allulose and investigation of protecting groups
Toda Stankovic (University of Vienna, Austria)
Synthesis of 3-deoxy-3-fluoro-D-xylulose
Session 3: Rare sugars for medical field
Rikiya Taoka (Kagawa University, Japan)
Growth inhibitory effects of rare sugar D-allose on renal cell carcinoma
Xiaodong Li (Kagawa University, Japan)
The therapeutic effect of D-allose on colitis-associated carcinogenesis
Takahiro Kanda (Kagawa University, Japan)
Antitumor effect of D-allose on glioblastoma cell lines
Asadur Rahman (Kagawa University, Japan)
Antiproliferative effects of D-allose associates with the delayed cell cycle transition in pancreatic
ductal adenocarcinoma

Kazuyo Kamitori (Kagawa University, Japan)
Molecular analysis and physiological significance of D-allulose and D-tagatose transport byglucose transporters
Katsuya Yamada (Hirosaki University, Japan)
L-Glucose: another path for cancer cells

Toshihiko Yada (Kansai Electric Power Medical Research Institute, Japan)
D-Allulose activates satiety neurons and inhibits appetite neurons: an outstanding ability toregulate feeding and metabolism.
Yermek Rakhat (Kansai Electric Power Medical Research Institute, Japan)
D-Allulose activates pro-opiomelanocortin neurons in the hypothalamus and cooperates withglucagon-like peptide-1
Yuka Yamashita (Kagawa University, Japan)
D-Allose attenuated RPMCs death induced by high dose of D-glucose via suppressing ER stress-

initiated apoptotic signal pathway
Katsuaki Hoshino (Kagawa University, Japan)
Immunomodulatory effects of D-allose on the function of plasmacytoid dendritic cells
Toshihiro Kobayashi (Kagawa University, Japan)
A study on the effect of D-allulose on suppressing postprandial hyperglycemia in patients withtype 2 diabetes
Yusaku Iwasaki (Kyoto Prefectural University)
Release of intestinal hormone GLP-1 by D-allulose ameliorates hyperglycemia through gut - vagal
afferent nerves - brain axis
Session 4: Physicochemical properties of rare sugars
Kazuhiro Fukada (Kagawa University, Japan)
Hydration behavior of hexoses revisited

Nobutake Tamai (Tokushima University, Japan)
Thermodynamic study on the effect of monosaccharides on phase transitions of phospholipid
bilayer membrane
Tomohiko Ishii (Kagawa University, Japan)
Fingerprint of hydrogen bonding network in rare sugar single crystal
Session 5: Various usages of rare sugars
Syed Muniruzzaman (Xavier University of Louisiana, USA)
Evaluation of rare ketohexoses as antiviral compound
Roger A. Laine (Louisiana State University, USA)
Rare sugars as insect control compounds
Verasak Sahachaisaree (Thailand)
Allitol and D-allulose in native Itea plant of Thailand, the Itea riparia
Susumu Mochizuki (Kagawa University, Japan)
Characteristic analysis of Itea virginica transketolase 1 (IvTK1)
Kazuya Akimitsu (Kagawa University, Japan)
Functional analysis of rice phosphoglucose isomerase