In Sri Lankan folk medicine, seeds of Mucuna prurita (Hook) (Family: Leguminosae) are recommended to be consumed as a curry ingredient to relieve aches and pains. The seeds contain large quantities of dopa and nicotine. Thus ...

Some native doctors practising the traditional system of medicine in Sri Lanka recommend leaf extracts of Murraya koenigii Spreng. Sy.st. Veg. (Family Rutaceae; known as karapincha in Sinhala and karuvembu in Tamil) for ...

Scoparia dulcis Lin. (Family: Scrophulariaceae, Sinhala: Wal kottamalli) is a perennial herb commonly found in many tropical countries including Sri Lanka (Dassanayaka, 1981). In folk and traditional medicine in Brazil, ...

Performance of machine learning models mainly rely on the quality of the input data fed into the model. Therefore, using all of the features/attributes in a dataset as input data may have a negative effect rather than a ...

Gyrinops walla Gaertn. (Family- Thymelaeaceae) is an evergreen tree which grows in the wet zone of Sri Lanka. It is locally known as “Walla patta” and is also known as “Sri Lankan agarwood” or “Sri Lankan agaru” in the ...

Diabetic wounds are a global health issue that has affected many populations worldwide owing to its severity, slow recovery, and economic burden. Despite the considerable efforts made in its treatment, they remain a ...

The aim of this study was to investigate the antidiarrhoeal potential of a decoction (D) made from Scoparia dulcis Linn (Family: Scrophulariaceae), as indicated by traditional practitioners in Sri Lanka, using the caster ...

The decoction (D) o f the bark o f Fkiis ixicemosa Linn ( F a m i l y : Moraceae) is c l a i m e d as an antidiuretic by some Sri Lankan traditional practitioners. However, the v a l i d i t y o f this c l a im has not ...