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About Us & The Team

About Phyto-Science, llc

PhytoScience, llc was established 16 years ago as a natural products consulting group. We’re proud to serve our clientele worldwide, with markets in North and South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. We built our outstanding reputation by providing exceptional consulting and teaching services in the botanical industry. Our commitment is to connecting scientists, farmers, and manufacturers. We continually collaborate and network with our peers to provide accurate findings and detailed information to our clients.

Our Directorship

Our directors are life-long nature enthusiasts Raymond (Ray) Cooper, Ph.D. and Shuly Cooper, Ph.D.

Raymond Cooper, Ph.D., is a professor at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, for Biology and Chemical Technology. He has many years of experience in the pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industry, with his credentials including:

  • Fellow at the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK
  • Member of the American Society of Pharmacognosy
  • Visiting Professor at the School of Pharmacy, London University, UK
  • Associate & Editor of the J. Traditional and Complementary Medicine
Ray has authored three books and edited five. He has also published over 120 peer-reviewed reviews, papers, and patents. In 2014, he received the American Society of Pharmacognosy Varro Tyler Botanicals Prize Lifestyle Achievement Award. Ray is currently the editor-in-chief of a new book series published by CRC Press on Global Medicinal Plants.

Publications

Cooper,R, and Cooper.S
Science-Based Business Model for the Dietary Supplement Industry
Nutrition Business Journal, 11(12), 26-28, (2006)

Cooper,R, and Cooper.S
A Scientific and Organizational Quality System for the Nutril and Dietary Supplements Industry
Nutaceeuticals World, July/August pps 60-66, (2007)

Cooper, R. and Chang, J. Asian Herbals: opportunities for marketing traditional Chinese medicines in the West Journal Nutraceuticals, Functional and Medicinal Foods 3, 25-37, (2001)

Chun-Sheng Zhao, Wei-Ti Yin, Jing-Yan Wang, Yan Zhang, Hong Yu, Raymond Cooper & Jia-shi Zhu CordyMax Cs-4 Improves Glucose Metabolism and Increases Insulin Sensitivity in Normal Rats J Alternative & Complementary Medicine 8, 309-314, (2002)

Ma J., Qing Y., Yanjun, H., Decheng Zhang, Sun, H., Cooper, R. & Chang M. New Lanostanoids from the Mushroom Ganoderma lucidum. J. Natural Products 65, 72-75, (2002)

Cooper R, Ten Good Health Benefits of Green Tea Asia Biotech, 11 (16), 1115-1119, (2007)

Martin, L.C. and Cooper, R. From Herbs to Medicines: A World History of Tea—from Legend to Healthy Obsession Alternative and Complementary Therapies. 17(3): 162-168, (2011)

Cooper, R. Green Tea, and Theanine: Health Benefits International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition 63, (S1): 90-97, (2012)

Wedekind, K., Middelbos, I., Evans, J.L., Atwell, C., Lunneman, J., Cooper, R. Development and use of a chemically-induced rat osteoarthritis rat model for joint health Progress in Nutrition 13 (3): p235 (2011)
Evans, J.L., Bays, H., Maki, K.C., Evans, M., Maquet,V., Cooper, R., Anderson, J.W. Chitin-glucan fiber effects on oxidized low-density lipoprotein, with or without olive oil: A randomized controlled trial Eur. J. Clinical Nutrition 1-6, (2012)
Cooper, R. Morphine & Heroin: The Yin & Yang of Narcotics ChemMatters. Dec: 14-16; (2013)

Cooper, R. Re-Discovering Ancient Wheat Varieties as Functional Foods Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, 5: 138-143, (2015)

Lignans from Sambucus williasmii hance against osteoporosis: A pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic study Planta Medica 81(11) DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1556500

Xiao, H-H. Zhang, Y. Cooper, R. Yao, Y-S. Wong MS. The phytochemicals and potential health effects of Sambucus williamsii Hance (Jiegumu). Chinese Medicine 11: 36-52, (2016)

Cooper R., Deakin J. Indigo: the “Blue” in Blue Jeans. ChemMatters, February (2018)

H-H Xiao, J. Lv, D Mok, X-S Yao, M-S Wong, and Cooper R. NMR Applications for Botanical Mixtures: The Use of HSQC Data to Determine Lignan Content in Sambucus williamsii Journal of Natural Products. 82(7): 1733-1740 (2019)

A. Sharma, R. Cooper, G. Bhardwaj, and D. Singh Cannoo The Genus Nepeta: Traditional uses, Phytochemicals, and Pharmacological Properties J. Ethnopharmacology, (2020).

R. Cooper & A. Sharma Select Global Immune-Boosting Plants used in Folklore Medicine in Plants and Phytomolecules for Immunomodulation Recent Trends and Advances eds L.V. Modolo submitted Springer (2021)