Dr' Roger Gordon

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Atlantic Canada Network on Bioactive Compounds
Dr. Roger Gordon Chair, ACNBC Presented to
Rendez-vous Biosciences Atlantic May 10, 2006
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Goals of Network
1. Advance understanding establish evidence
related to health protective/disease prevention
properties of blueberries and rosehips

• 2. Develop IP and commercial products/ services
  related to health protective/disease prevention
  properties of blueberries and rosehips

• 3. Investigate the scope for commercial
  production of rosehips

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Industry Partners

• Vaccinium Technologies
• WBANA
• Rodriguez Wineries Ltd
• PEI Wild Blueberry Growers
• Jasper Wymans Son
• Oxford Frozen Foods

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Other Funding Partners

• ACOA
• Tech PEI
• PEI Heart Stroke
• NSERC
• PEI-HRI

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Horticulture Scientists
Nutritional Scientists
Botanists
The Research Teams
Include Top Researchers In a Vast Array of
Disciplines
Plant Physiologists
Pharmacologists
Food Chemists
Natural Products Chemists
Pollination Biologists
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Blueberry Research Team
Dr. Sweeney-Nixon, UPEI, Pharmacologist
Dr. Wilhelmina Kalt, AAFC (Kentville), Food
Chemist
Dr. David Percival, NSAC, Plant Physiologist
Dr. Carolanne Nelson, UPEI, Nutritional
Scientist
Dr. Kathy Gottschall-Pass, UPEI, Nutritional
Scientist
Dr. Shawna MacKinnon, NRC IMB (Halifax),
Bio-organic/Natural Products Chemist
Dr. Jim Smith, FTC, Food Scientist
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Rosehip Research Team
Dr. Shawna MacKinnon, NRC IMB (Halifax),
Bio-organic/Natural Products Chemist
Dr. Wilf Nicholls, MUN, Botanist
Dr. Carolanne Nelson, UPEI, Nutritional
Scientist
Mr. Kevin Sanderson, P.Ag, AAFC
(Charlottetown), Horticultural Scientist
Dr. Jim Kemp, UPEI, Pollination Biologist
Dr. Jim Smith, FTC, Food Scientist
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How Well Are We Doing?
Wild rose populations have been mapped,
speciated, and propagated. Field trials are
underway
Antioxidants have been isolated from rose hips
Blueberry in vivo feeding trials have shown
preventative effects against stroke
Blueberry in vivo studies have shown
antioxidant and neural protection properties
Physiological studies have shown how blueberry
and rosehip antioxidants are metabolized
We are about to start the extraction studies
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Conclusion
This is a great collaborative scientific
project with excellent commercialization
potential
We are working closely with industry and
government
We are looking for new funding partners