High-Phenolic Botanical Science for Healthy Aging and Metabolic Resilience.
Exploring the chemistry of high-phenolic botanicals and translating plant science into evidence-driven formulations for healthy aging and metabolic resilience.
Research Areas
Applied Botanical Chemistry
Plant-derived chemical systems can replace toxic industrial reagents and enable sustainable extraction processes.
Botanical Formulation Science
High-phenolic botanicals contain chemical compounds linked to metabolic resilience and healthy aging.
Environmental Applications
Plant-based lixiviants can replace mercury and synthetic cyanide salts used to recover gold from ore by artisanal miners in mineral processing systems.
Applied Botanical Chemistry
Applied Botanical Chemistry explores how plant-derived chemical systems can be translated into solutions for human health, environmental sustainability, and industrial innovation. My work investigates the functional chemistry of botanicals—from high-phenolic nutritional formulations to plant-based extraction systems that replace toxic chemicals used to extract gold from ore.
Botanical Formulations for Healthy Aging
Botanical formulations translate plant chemistry into practical health applications. High-phenolic botanicals and functional plant compounds are increasingly studied for their roles in metabolic resilience, inflammation modulation, and healthy aging. By examining botanical chemistry through a systems-science framework, it becomes possible to design structured nutritional formulations that leverage nature’s chemical diversity to support human health.
Environmental Applications
Manipueira Gold Recovery Technology demonstrates how plant-derived lixiviants can replace mercury and synthetic cyanide salts in artisanal small-scale and large-scale mining operations.
Manipueira Gold Recovery Technology advances a four-stage ESG-aligned transformative plant-based strategy designed to provide an alternative lixiviant (leaching agent) to mercury and synthetic cyanide salts in artisanal mining systems. The innovation applies validated solution chemistry to botanical extraction principles for safer, sustainable mineral processing.
Research & Insights
Research and insights from Bruce A. Cosgrove, BSc MSc — scientist, author, and formulator exploring plant-derived chemical systems and their role in human health.
BACosgrove Scientific Researcher, Inc.
Bruce graduated from Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada with both a BSc - 1977 & MSc - 1980 (Solution Chemistry) and completed the Canadian Securities Course (CSC) in 1990.
Bruce is an independent scientific researcher and the founder of BACosgrove Scientific Researcher, Inc., a company specializing in applied botanical chemistry and systems-based evaluation of biological and sustainable technologies.
My work focuses on evidence based science behind botanical juices & soups for healthy aging and in my case, metabolic resilience.
Research Contributions
My work bridges environmental chemistry, mineral processing science, and botanical formulation systems to develop reproducible, systems-based approaches to health resilience and sustainable technologies.
Bruce, a former lithium battery pioneer – 1986 Canada Awards for Excellence recipient with Moli Energy Ltd., (now E-One MOLICEL) Category - Invention has authored eight scientific manuscripts including six published in peer-reviewed journals and preprints including the most recent Articles → Botanical Alternatives: Toward Safer, Evidence-Based Gold Recovery (Research Gate, February 2026) and Ecuador Four-Stage Action Plan Presentation (Research Gate, January, 2026).
Research & Collaboration
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