R&D Platform

Global Network

Where Science Meets Manufacturing

🇭🇰 Hong Kong

Agarwood medicine & health products; in-vitro efficacy evaluation.

🇨🇳 Guangdong

Probiotics (LeffCul® / LeffMic®) & modernized southern medicinal herbs.

🇲🇾 Malaysia

Natural medicine extraction, mechanisms & product registration.

🇯🇵 Japan (Osaka)

Systemic anti-aging (NAD+) & Kampo standardization.

🇺🇸 USA (Cornell)

Dietary supplements & functional probiotic strain development.

🤝 Industry-Academia

Joint labs with Baiyunshan Zhongyi, Jinan University, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, South China Agricultural University.

PLATFORM 01 · HONG KONG

Agarwood Science & Efficacy Evaluation

Agarwood drug registration — 1 topical agarwood drug approved; multiple further drug registrations in progress
Agarwood active extraction & separation — multiple green, high-value extraction pathways established
High-efficiency in-vitro evaluation — multi-effect cell and multi-mode animal efficacy systems
Nearly 10 agarwood health products and drugs developed to date

Research laboratory workshop with stainless steel equipment at LEKKER-FOOD Hong Kong R&D platform

Probiotics research and testing equipment in LEKKER-FOOD Guangdong R&D platform

PLATFORM 02 · GUANGDONG

Probiotics R&D Innovation Platform

LeffCul® — high-throughput probiotic viability testing technology
LeffMic® — high-viability probiotic preservation technology covering processing, excipients and storage
High-throughput formula development — rapid probiotic product formulation
Global commercial probiotic activity database — guiding product development end-to-end, expanding every year
Gut-microbiome metagenomics-based, drug-grade precision microbiome nutritional intervention programs

PLATFORM 03 · GUANGDONG

Southern Medicinal Herb Modernization Platform

Microbial fermentation transformation — applied to Chenpi (citrus) and other Rutaceae southern herbs
Nano-emulsion & liposome delivery — improved bioavailability
Microcapsule & nano-micelle technology
Cryogenic ultra-fine (nano/sub-nano) grinding — for TCM and active whole-bone nutrition ingredients
2018: joint lab with Baiyunshan Zhongyi (Guangzhou Pharma) & Jinan University; 2022: programs with Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences & South China Agricultural University
Backed by the Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Southern Medicine Development

Herbal extraction and processing equipment at LEKKER-FOOD southern medicine R&D platform

International Platforms

Malaysia · Japan · United States

🇲🇾 Natural Medicine (Malaysia)

Natural medicine extraction & separation
Mechanism-of-action research
Product development & Malaysian registration underway
Innovation in intestinal bioavailability enhancement

🇯🇵 Anti-Aging & Kampo (Osaka)

Systemic anti-aging platform — NAD+ precursors & plant-derived actives, internal + topical
Kampo (Japanese herbal) standardization & science-driven development
Focus: metabolic chronic disease management

🇺🇸 Cornell University (USA)

Dietary supplement development — with a center of 40 years' research in nutrients & botanicals
Functional probiotic strain & specialty ingredient co-development
Commercialization across Hong Kong & Southeast Asia

Flagship Projects

Super Strain Program — From Lab to Market

Translating live biotherapeutics (LBPs)-grade probiotic research into commercial products with global academic partners.

Control 7

Three-way collaboration: Cornell University (USA) × ABH — next-generation probiotic project moving from research to market.

Tangyuanqing (糖源清)

Institute of Nutrition, Ministry of Agriculture × Beijing Lianghua — blood glucose regulation formula.

Bio-Selenium (生物硒)

Jinan University collaboration — immune-modulation selenium formula.