Phytosphere · Blueprint

Open Research in The Phytosphere™

Plants Have Superpowers™ is more than a slogan. We have an obsession — finding the remarkable nutritive benefits of plants and delivering them to you. We’ve spent nearly two decades in deep research and development with plants, and we are energized every day by what they can do. We love learning about plants. We love helping you access their special nutrition.

This page is dedicated to ongoing scientific research from around the world on plant-derived inputs and their potential impact on human health and performance. We emphasize peer-reviewed research as well as rigorous clinical trials in humans.

This is not a list of ingredients in our products. It is also not a signal that we intend to use any particular compound in future products. It is a summary of areas and studies we find interesting and think you might too — a project dedicated to open research and a community that wants to advance human understanding around the superpowers of plants.

Additional disclaimers: Not medical advice, and not a substitute for talking to a clinician. Not a product page — no product is described, recommended, or sold here. Not a claim that any listed input will produce a given result in any individual. Not a claim that any input listed here is in our products or our portfolio. Not exhaustive; studies are added as they are reviewed. For the contents of any of our individual products, consult that product’s label. Nothing on this page qualifies, extends, or substitutes for it.

Submit Compound for Review

This is an open body of exploration, and it is deliberately unfinished — we are kicking it off and calling on phytoenthusiasts from around the world. If there’s a plant compound you think belongs on the list, submit a suggestion. Useful submissions include: a description of the compound and its plant source, what you think it does, and any published human research and/or clinical trials. The more robust the data, the further it will travel in our process.

We read every submission. Promising ones go to our network of physicians, registered dietitians and nutrition researchers for an independent look at the evidence, and then potentially to our own scientific team to explore further, after which we may add it to this research page.

Submit Compound for Review

We can’t treat submissions as confidential, and reviewing a compound isn’t a commitment to develop it or an agreement of any kind. Please don’t send anything you consider proprietary.

Track I

Structure & Fuel

Protein

Plant protein

High-Protein Plant-Based Diet Versus a Protein-Matched Omnivorous Diet to Support Resistance Training Adaptations: A Comparison Between Habitual Vegans and Omnivores

Hevia-Larraín et al., Sports Medicine, 2021

A randomized crossover trial on the effect of plant-based compared with animal-based meat on trimethylamine-N-oxide and cardiovascular disease risk factors in generally healthy adults: Study With Appetizing Plantfood-Meat Eating Alternative Trial (SWAP-MEAT)

Crimarco, Gardner et al., American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2020.

Track II

Vascular & Metabolic

Track III

Brain, Eye & Cellular Energy

Track IV

Defense & Adaptation