R&D Partners in Singapore PRINT
 
  Company: AP Nutripharm Pte Ltd
  Name: Dr Mark Xu
  Designation: CEO
  Country: Singapore
  Address: -
  Tel: +65 67752811
  Mobile: -
  Fax: -
  E-mail: markxu@apnutripharm.com
  Website: http://www.apnutripharm.com
  Technology Classification: Biotechnology
  Main Business Activity: Multimedia Analytics and Surveillance
     
Company Profile, Products & Technologies, Target Market:
 
  Established in November, 2002, previously known as Auric Pacific Nutritech Pte Ltd, renamed in 16 March, 2007, AP Nutripharm Pte Ltd (APN) is the Singapore based biotechnology and fermentation company with its major business to undertake research and development, manufacture and distribute medicinal fungal ingredients, health/functional foods and beverages, OTC, animal nutritional in particular alternative antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs), pharmaceutical ingredients and skincare ingredients.  
 
Brief description of proposed R&D project:
 
  Cordyceps sinensis was reported to have anti-fungal activity, particularly to the strains of the dermatophytes, a group of three genera of fungi that commonly cause skin disease of people and animals. These are the Epidermophyton, Trichophyton and Microsporum. It has been observed in APN factory that the workers who have touched the cordyceps cellular materials all the time show their hand skin of whitening and glossy, and black spots disappeared. In the proposed project, we would like to prove the whitening and anti-dermatophytes effects of cordyceps scientifically, and formulate the cordyceps into the cosmetic products.  
 
Desired Profile of R&D Partner and its role in the proposed project:
 
  A cosmetic company who is able to help in human clinical trials in cordyceps ingredients and in formulation of cordyceps contained cosmetic products.