Improvement of Quality and Efficacy of Natural HealthProducts & Dietary Supplement

The overall goal of this project is for the University science team at the University of Ottawa and University of New Brunswick to develop high quality Echinacea products for Canadian and world markets in collaboration with Amway Canada. One objective involves phytochemical and pharmacological selection and propagation of elite Echinacea from the historic Echinacea germplasm available at Amway’s Trout Lake Farm. A second objective is to develop evidence based marketing information on the improved Echinacea.

Faculty Supervisor:

Drs. John Arnason, Cory Harris & Stewart Cameron

Student:

Rui Liu, Andrew Waye & Christianne Askanas

Partner:

Amway Canada

Discipline:

Biology

Sector:

Consumer goods

University:

University of New Brunswick

Program:

Accelerate

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