Kim Sun-woo, left, a doctoral student in the Department of Bio-AI Convergence, and Park Jong-seok, a professor in the Department of Bio-AI Convergence and the Department of Horticulture Science, both at Chungnam National University / Courtesy of Chungnam National University
A Chungnam National University research team has developed a technology that more than triples the yield of a key antimalarial compound in sweet wormwood.
The university said Thursday that the team has developed a highly efficient cultivation strategy to enhance the growth of sweet wormwood and increase its yield of artemisinin, a key ingredient in antimalarial drugs.
The team was led by Park Jong-seok, a professor in the Department of Bio-AI Convergence and the Department of Horticulture Science.
The method involves treating sweet wormwood (Artemisia annua) seedlings with ozonated water for just 40 seconds before transplanting.
