NC State Researchers Exploit Plant Compounds for Human Health

Watch a video about North Carolina State University’s Plants for Human Health Institute and the research into health-promoting plant compounds that takes place there.

Plant foods have long been recognized as good for human health, but specifics on how and why have remained somewhat elusive. Through an integrated approach involving metabolomics, biochemistry, systems biology, pharmacogenomics, plant breeding, and postharvest physiology, North Carolina State University’s Plants fo…