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In Silico Pharmacological Analysis of a Potent Anti-Hepatoma Compound of Mushroom Origin and Emerging Role as an Adjuvant Drug Lead

Fernando, Muthuthanthriege Dilusha Maduranganie; Adhikari, Achyut; Senathilake, Nambukara Helambage Kanishka Sithira; de Silva, Egodage Dilip; Nanayakkara, C.M.; Wijesundera, Ravindra Lakshman Chundananda; Soysa, Preethi; de Silva, Babaranda Gammacharige Don Nissanka Kolitha (2019)

Mushrooms are well-known to possess a continuum of anticancer metabolites that are vital in the development of anticancer adjuvant drug leads based on natural products. Owing to the fact that conventional cancer ...
Cytotoxic effects of ergone, a compound isolated from Fulviformes fastuosus

Fernando, Dilusha; Adhikari, Achyut; Nanayakkara, C.M.; de Silva, E Dilip; Wijesundera, Ravi; Soysa, Preethi (BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2016)

Background: Mushrooms inspired the cuisines of many cultures and conventional medicaments for cancer. However, a substantial number of mushroom species are yet unexplored, possessing an unknown chemical, biological and ...
Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Sulfated Polysaccharide from Sargassum swartzii in Macrophages via Blocking TLR/NF-Kb Signal Transduction

Jayawardena, Thilina U.; Sanjeewa, K. K. Asanka; Nagahawatta, D. P.; Lee, Hyo-Geun; Lu, Yu-An; Vaas, A. P. J. P.; Abeytunga, D. T. U.; Nanayakkara, C.M.; Lee, Dae-Sung; Jeon, You-Jin (Marine Drugs, 2020)

This study involves enzymatic extraction of fucoidan from Sargassum swartzii and further purification via ion-exchange chromatography. The chemical and molecular characteristics of isolated fucoidan is evaluated concerning ...
An insight in to isolation of natural products derivedfrom macrofungi as antineoplastic agents: A Review

Fernando, Dilusha; Senathilake, Kanishka; Nanayakkara, C.M.; de Silva, E. Dilip; Wijesundera, Ravindra L; Soysa, Preethi; de Silva, Nissanka (International Journal of Collaborative Research on Internal Medicine & Public Health, 2018)

Macrofungi have been valued as medicinal provisions for humankind and are a rich source of natural anticancer compounds. However, the isolation of such compounds from macrofungi is challenging. This review highlights the ...
FLOW CYTOMETRIC DETECTION OF HAPLOIDS, DIPLOIDS AND MIXOPLOIDS AMONG THE ANTHER-DERIVED PLANTS IN INDICA RICE (ORYZA SATIVA L.)

Mayakaduwa, D.M.R.G.; Silva, T.D. (Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo, 2019)

Plants regenerated from anther culture of the Indica rice var. ‘At 303’ were analyzed using flow cytometry and morphological parameters were studied. Plant analysis carried out using flow cytometry confirmed that 40% of ...
The Effect of Variety and Cultivation Season on the Chemical Composition and in vitro Organic Matter Digestibility of Rice Straw

Hirimburegama, Kshanika; Jayasuriya, M.C.N. (1986)

An experiment was conducted with seven varieties of rice straw cultivated during two major growing seasons—the M a h a (North-East Monsoon) and the Y a l a (South-West Monsoon)—to examine the influence of variety and ...
In Vitro Somatic Embryogenesis in angiosperms with special reference to monocotyledons

Hirimburegama, Kshanika (1995)

In sexual reproduction of plants, a male and a female gamete fuse to from a single cell, the zygote, which develops into a new plant through an embryo. Formation of an embryo is known as "Embryogenesis" and formation ...
In vitro multiplication of local cultivars of banana (Musa spp.) through shoot-tip culture

Hirimburegama, Kshanika; Gamage, N. (1996)

In vitro shoot-tip culture is a suitable alternative to the traditional methods of propagation of banana (Musa spp). In the present study, ten banana cultivars of the group AAA, AAB and ABB were tested for in vitro ...
Cultivar specificity with respect to in vitro micropropagation of Musa spp. (banana and plantain)

Hirimburegama, Kshanika; Gamage, N. (1997)

The study compares in vitro micropropagation responses and cultivar specificity using 12 cultivars of five genomic composition. Variation was revealed in in-vitro multiplication between cultivars of different genomic ...
A prelimenary study on vitro ovary culture of tea [ Camellia sinensis (L.)]

Seran, T.H.; Hirimburegama, Kshanika; Shanmugarajah, V. (2001)
Establishment of in vitro culture to produce friable callus from leaf of Camellia sinensis (L.)

Seran, T.H.; Hirimburegama, Kshanika; Gunasekare, M.T.K. (2007)

Attempts were made to produce in vitro callus from tea (Camellia sinensis L.) "leaves. Unfolded leaves were collected and surface sterilized in various concentrations of Clorox™ (15% -75%) in combination with various ...
A study of some factors affecting in vitro shoot proliferation of Ananas comosus (L.) Meer.

Abeysekera, W.P.K.U.; Hirimburegama, Kshanika (2005)

Ananas comous (pineapple) is a herbaceous, monocotyledonous plant which is the leading edibie member of family Bromeliacae. Pineapple is vegetatively propagated through different parts taken from the mother plant such ...
Feasibility of Somatic Embryo Development in Musa, cv. Bluggoe

Sannasgala, K.; Dumortier, F.; Langhe, E. de (1991)

The uppermost part of proliferating buds (in vitro) of Musa, ABB, cv. Bluggoe, produced meristematic globules in basic Murashige and Skoog liquid medium (Murashige and Skoog, 1062), supplemented with 2,4 D (5.10~6 M) ...
A Comparison of In vitro Mass Propagation of Kew with Mauritius Type of Pineapple (Ananas comosus Merr L.)

Gamage, N.; Laksiri, B.D.P.; Hirimburegama, Kshanika (1995)

Ananas comosus L. Merr (Pineapple) is conventionally propagated through suckers, slips and ratoons taken from existing cultivations. These planting materials are not homogeneous and this is a major difficulty that farmers ...
Short-term Storage of Encapsulated Zygotic Embryonic Axes of Tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze) at Low Temperature

Seran, T.H.; Hirimburegama, Kshanika; Gunasekare, M.T.K. (2006)

Studies on cold storage of encapsulated embryonic axes of tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze) were carried out to obtain efficient plant recovery. Both encapsulated zygotic embryonic axes (formed in 3% sodium alginate ...
A study on in vitro propagation of Plumbago indica (Ratnetol) and its medicinal properties

Maduwanthi, W.D.T.; Hirimburegama, Kshanika (2007)

plumbago indica is a perennial herbaceous plant with long succulent roots. It is an exotic plant, in |lic family Plumbaginaceae and is probably native to Southeast Asia. In Sri Lanka, it is found in jjMlhropogenic ...
Science and technology transfer – rural women’s impact in Sri Lanka

Hirimburegama, Kshanika; Hirimburegama, W.K.; Ratnayake, S. (2012)

i gi olochnology & Community Service Center, University of Colombo located in a rural |iC/or at Weligatta, Hambantota (250 km from capital Colombo) is an on-going project tii u:o 2000, on rural de velopment through science ...
In Vitro propagation of munronia pumila (Binkohomba

Hirimburegama, Kshanika; Seneviratne, A.S.; Gamage, N.; Ganegamaarachchi, J. (1994)
Propagation of Bambusa vulgaris (yellow bamboo) through nodal bud culture

Hirimburegama, Kshanika; Gamage, N. (1995)

Bambusa vulgaris (yellow bamboo), is the most commonly cultivated and used bamboo species in many countries. With the increased demand for bamboo, the importance of bamboo plantations has been realized. This would require ...
Biotechnological approach in weed research- an over view

Hirimburegama, Kshanika (1997)

Research on weeds has been reported extensively and in most cases tradit ional techniques have been used. But during the last two decades, emphasis has been given on the use of biotechnology in weed research. As aresult, ...

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