We are a dedicated research laboratory scientifically validating, standardizing, and advancing traditional African plant-based remedies for modern therapeutic use.
Our practical work involves rigorous laboratory testing, compound isolation, and clinical trials to bring standardisation and global recognition to treatments that have healed generations across the continent.
We envision a world where indigenous knowledge holders are credited and compensated, and where breakthrough therapeutics are transparently derived from the plants traditional healers have stewarded for centuries.
Applying modern molecular biology and pharmacology to the vast pharmacopeia of the African continent.
Developing standardized, high-efficacy formulations from African botanicals for targeted nutritional and therapeutic support.
Investigating the absorption rates and cellular uptake of traditional ingredients using advanced in-vitro models.
Building a secure, verified database linking traditional usages with modern taxonomic and chemical profiling.
Commitment to releasing primary research data to the global scientific community to accelerate discovery.
Permanent scholarly artifacts contributing to global ethnopharmacology.
A $2.1M grant from the NIH Fogarty International Center will fund a three-year study on the standardization of West African antimalarial botanicals.