US Patent Issued to Northeastern University on Feb. 10 for "Cultivation and treatment of plants for the production of plant-derived drugs" (American, Liechtensteiner, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,667, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Northeastern University (Boston).

"Cultivation and treatment of plants for the production of plant-derived drugs" was invented by Carolyn Lee-Parsons (Belmont, Mass.), Samuel Mortensen (Schaan, Liechtenstein) and Elisa Peter (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for enhancing the biosynthesis of plant-derived compounds, including medicinal compounds, activate plant defense mechanisms by a combination of growth in red and blue light, mechanical injury of leaves or other plant structures, and/or administration of plant defense hormones to the plants. For compounds derivable f...