Natural substances obtained from plants have been recognized as potential sun screening agents due to their UV absorption properties. Nymphaea nouchali flowers are being widely used in the treatments in Ayurvedic medicine ...

Antioxidants protect cells from oxidative damage. The study was aimed to develop antioxidant-rich herbal tea bags and determine the effect of infusion conditions on antioxidant potential. Herbal tea bags were prepared by ...

Evolvulus alsinoides (“Nil Vishnukranthi”, “Shankpushpi”) is a perennial herb which belongs to the family Convolvulaceae. It is used to cure many illnesses such as fever, amnesia, asthma and gastric ulceration. Vishnukranthi ...

Diabetic Peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is the most common complication associated with diabetes. DPN has serious detrimental effects on the physical, emotional, and social functioning of patients. It may show decreased ...

The majority of Sri Lankan population rely on herbal medicine. Hence, standardization of raw materials is required in Ayurveda preparations. Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng (Kapparawalliya) is a herb having morphological ...

Aqua feed industry focuses on using less expensive ingredients with comparable nutritional value to replace fish meal due to its high cost as well as restricted supply of fish meal. Fisheries discards, namely, fish offal ...

A new tetra-dentate N,N’-bis(2-pyrazolyl-4-methylphenyl)formamidine ligand (H(NNNN)) was synthesized by introducing two flanking pyrazole groups to an ortho position of each aryl group of known N,N’-bis(4-methylphenyl)fo ...

Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are persistent pollutants which are toxic to all living beings. Biodegradation of PAHs is an efficient way to remediate numerous pollutants. The discharge of such air pollutants gets settled ...

Eventhough the natural plant therapy has been used for ages in Sri Lanka, most of those plants have not been scientifically validated. This study is focused on antioxidant properties of selected four medicinal plant crude ...

Aloe vera is a medicinal plant grown in households vastly due to home-remedial and cosmeceutical applications. The plant is used in several industries such as the food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic industry. In this study, ...