Education

Ph.D. in Agriculture, Jeonbuk National University, Feb. 2003

M.S. in Agriculture, Jeonbuk National University, Feb. 1995

B.S. in Agriculture, Jeonbuk National University, Feb. 1993

Professional Experience

Sep. 2009 – Present: Professor, Dept. of Crop Science and Biotechnology, Jeonbuk National University

Mar. 2017 – Feb. 2020: Honorary Research Fellow, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, RDA

Jan. 2018 – Jan. 2020: Associate Dean, Graduate School of Bio-Resource Sciences, JBNU

Jan. 2018 – Jan. 2020: Vice Dean, College of Agricultural Life Sciences, JBNU

Feb. 2016 – Feb. 2017: Director, University Farm, College of Agricultural Life Sciences, JBNU

Mar. 2015 – Feb. 2017: Chair, Dept. of Crop Science and Biotechnology, JBNU

Sep. 2004 – Sep. 2009: Senior Researcher, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine

Recent Research Interests

Development of reflux esophagitis and gastritis protective agents from indigenous alpine plants

Establishment of optimized evaluation systems for antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities of special and medicinal crops

Courses Taught

Special Crop Science

Medicinal Crop Science

Resource Plant Science

Future Agriculture

General Biology

Major Research Projects (selected)

Development of protective materials against reflux esophagitis from Korean alpine and rare plants (Jun. 2020 – May 2023, NRF)

Exploration of indigenous plant resources for immune-related disease therapy (May 2020 – Dec. 2022, KIOM)

Establishment of optimal evaluation systems for antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities of medicinal crops (Jan. 2019 – Dec. 2023, RDA)

Anti-reflux effects of agricultural products from Sunchang (Oct. 2019 – Sep. 2020, Sunchang Institute of Health and Longevity)

Pharmacological efficacy of traditional medicinal herbs against reflux esophagitis (Jun. 2019 – Nov. 2019, KIOM)

Various regional and national research projects on medicinal crop development, bioactivity, and pharmacological evaluation (2010–present)

Publications (selected)

Nam HH, Nan L, Choo BK*. (2021). Anti-Inflammation and Protective Effects of Anethum graveolens L. (Dill Seeds) on Esophageal Mucosa Damages in Reflux Esophagitis-Induced Rats. Foods, 10(10):2500.

Tian W, Zhao J, Choo BK, et al. (2021). Camellia japonica diminishes acetaminophen-induced acute liver failure by attenuating oxidative stress in mice. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res., 1–15.

Nam HH, Nan L, Choo BK*. (2021). Inhibitory effects of Camellia japonica on cell inflammation and acute reflux esophagitis in rats. Chinese Medicine, 16(1):1–12.

Nam HH, Choo BK*. (2021). Geranium koreanum ameliorates gastric mucosal injury in gastric-induced mice. J. Ethnopharmacol., 265:113041.

Park SH, Jang S, An JE, Choo BK*, et al. (2020). I. inflexus extract improves atopic dermatitis and depressive-like behavior in a murine model. Phytomedicine, 67:153137.

Patents

Patent No. 10-2020-0154068: Method for producing dihydrodigoxin using mushroom fermentation and composition containing the same

Patent No. 10-2020-0154072: Method for producing dihydrodigoxin using enzyme treatment and composition containing the same

Patent No. 10-2017-0136430: Pharmaceutical composition for prevention or treatment of reflux esophagitis containing steamed Allium hookeri extract

Patent No. 10-2017-0149617: Composition and preparation method for improvement and prevention of reflux esophagitis and gastritis

Books

Illustrated Guide for the Identification of Herbal Medicines Vol. 1 (2014)

Illustrated Guide for the Identification of Herbal Medicines Vol. 2 (2015)

Illustrated Guide for the Identification of Herbal Medicines Vol. 3 (2017)

Awards

Best Paper Award, Protective effects of hexane fraction from Magnolia sieboldii buds against reflux esophagitis via NF-κB signaling pathway (Dec. 2018, Korean Society of Organic Agriculture)

Best Paper Award, Anti-inflammatory and reflux esophagitis protective effects of steamed Allium hookeri extract (Sep. 2017, Korean Society of Medicinal Crop Science)

Minister’s Award for Excellent Scientist (Apr. 2008, Ministry of Science and Technology, Korea)