Email
cphh@umn.edu
Web
cphh.cfans.umn.edu
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Center for Plants and Human Health
The Center for Plants and Human Health is coordinated by Prof. Gary Gardner, Professor of Horticultural Science. The Center works to develop synergy between agriculture and the health sciences, primarily in research. The potential for plants and plant products to contribute to human health goes under a wide variety of labels - phytonutrients, nutraceuticals, functional foods - and encompasses plant science, natural products chemistry, pharmacology, nutrition, and laboratory and clinical medicine. The University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus is one of the few major research universities in the country that has both an academic health center and a college of agriculture. The Center provides a forum for the development and interchange of information relevant to human health and serves as a stimulant for interdisciplinary collaboration leading to new research opportunities and funding in this vital area.
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