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Biodiscovery, screening and bioactivity

HortResearch works with its partners to help them identify and discover bioactive compounds.  We can start with your own or our raw material and screen rapidly for a wide range of functionalities that have value.  For example we have screened;

  • fruit germplasm
  • traditional Chinese medicinal herbs
  • extreme micro organisms
  • fungal collections.

We can screen your product, raw material by products or waste stream for bioactive compounds that may be recoverable and valuable. 

Whole fruit and vegetables as well as the waste products from the manufacture of many plant based foods, i.e. skins, seeds and peels, contain phytonutrients with health promoting benefits.  We are leading the way in the extraction and concentration of bioactive ingredients from horticultural produce.  We can assist clients both in the extraction of these compounds and with product development, including processing technologies to produce novel and added value ingredients and foods.