Our research integrates the beauty of phytochemistry, microbiology and analytical chemistry. 

In search of sustainable and cost-effective remedies for obesity-associated metabolic disorders, Daisy lab has identified a wide range of culinary and medicinal botanicals as sustainable sources of bioactive phytochemicals. The team enthusiastically explores the phytochemical-gut microbiota crosstalk, leveraging the metabolic power from functional gut bacteria to bio-transform the non-absorbable polyphenols into absorbable metabolites. In collaboration with industrial partners in the Great Bay Area, our work related to synbiotics, postbiotics and next-generation probiotics has laid a solid foundation for future R&D of functional foods and medicinal herbal products for human wellness. In addition, we are also interested in developing precision nutrition strategies to improve the nutritional status and metabolic health conditions of human subjects.

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Daisy Lab Research Highlights