College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources

That knowledge came from centuries of observation, experimentation, and practice.

Now, University of Hawaii researcher Dr. Nan Jiang, an assistant professor in UH Manoa's College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience, wants to understand why.

He's leading the first study to map the genetics and chemistry of noni, mamaki, and moringa, plants long valued for their medicinal properties.

The goal isn't to reinvent traditional medicine, it's to understand how these plants naturally produce the compounds people have relied on for generations.

They provide a lot of support and expertise to this program for a lot of the kind of administrative side of things.

Also at University of Hawaii Manoa, we work with the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, known as CTAR.

We do a lot of our activities out of their experimental station in Wailua.

Yeah, this work is definitely the work of partners.