Research and Development

“As a Naturopathic Physician and researcher in the natural products industry, I know firsthand that Gaia Herbs and Professional Solutions offer superior quality herbal medicines. Their unwavering commitment to quality in all stages from growing, harvesting, production, and research is unparalleled in the industry.”

— Gina L. Nick, ND, Chief Scientific Officer Longevity Through Prevention, Inc.

Research & Development/Quality Control/Product Development Lab
Within our facility, Gaia Herbs and Professional Solutions operate a state-of-the-art quantitative and qualitative QC and R&D laboratory. Every batch of every product is tested for bio-activity, mircrobial plate count, and heavy metals. Before each batch is released for bottling and distribution, our scientific lab generates a Certificate of Analysis insuring that the product has met or exceeded lab specifications.

Research and Development Staff of Experienced Ph.D.'s and Natural Products Chemists
Our lab is staffed by Ph.D natural products chemists and horticultural scientists, a pharmacognocist, a microbiologist, statisticians, and several lab technicians. We routinely utilize HPLC (High Pressure Liquid Chromatography), TLC (Thin Layered Chromatography), and GC-Mass (Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectometry) in our batch analyses, and we use Preparative HPLC and LC-Mass (Liquid Chromatography with Mass Spectrometry) for isolation, purification, and structural elucidation of active constituents for our marker testing compounds.

Industry and Institutional Collaborations
Gaia Herbs and Professional Solutions invest heavily in research and academic collaborations
because they advance Gaia Herbs’ and Professional Solutions' mission of delivering “quality unsurpassed” in all phases of the creation of pure plant medicines.

Echinacea Research

Gaia Herbs, under Dr. Xiping Wang, received a multi-year SBIR Phase II funding award from NIH-NCCAM in 2002 to fully characterize and optimize liquid Echinacea delivery systems for future federally-sponsored clinical Echinacea trials. Dr. Luping Qu and Gaia Herbs also received a Phase II SBIR horticultural research award from USDA.