Grants and Contributions:

Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019).

All Natural Nutritional Products (ANNP) Inc. is a research-based Natural Health Product company thatx000D
produces and markets high quality nutraceutical supplements licensed by Health Canada. The two principals ofx000D
the company are Dr. Ronald R. Marquardt and Dr. S. Li. ANNP, in a new venture, is interested in bringing bulkx000D
quantities of two high-value and widely used natural products, rutin and its aglycone, quercetin, to thex000D
nutraceuticals market. These natural products can be extracted from buckwheat forage. It will be necessary tox000D
first demonstrate that the two products can be economically produced in a laboratory-based study as proposedx000D
in the Engage Grant application. Dr. John Sorensen, Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry,x000D
University of Manitoba, will develop a study designed to optimize the extraction, isolation and purification ofx000D
rutin from buckwheat and then the hydrolytic production of quercetin from rutin. The Sorensen lab hasx000D
extensive experience in Natural Products Chemistry, and has a well-equipped laboratory and the support staffx000D
capable of carrying out all aspects of the proposed research. It is anticipated that the project will result in thex000D
development of simple, innovative, unique and inexpenseive method for the production of the two products.x000D
The optimized procedures will then be scaled up in a pilot plant study followed by the industrial production ofx000D
the two products in a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Manitoba. Dr. Sorensen's research will enablex000D
ANNP to competitively and profitably produce the two high value nutraceuticals from a locally produced crop.x000D
The research will form the basis for establishing a new and profitable industry in Canada.