The decision of land allocation is one of the critical factors which influence the food security of a nation. When land is allocated, the productivity and sustainability have to be considered because land availability ...

Banana blossom is a popular Sri Lankan dish consumed as a curry as well as a boiled or deep fried salad, which is rich in nutrients and antioxidants. The present work was designed to study the hypolipidemic and hypoglycemic ...

Physiological and biochemical processes in the human body may result in overproduction of free radicals leading to oxidative damage to biomolecules (e.g. lipids, proteins, DNA). Usage of medicinal plant products has ...

Detailed overstorey and understorey floristic structure and floristic composition of an upper montane rain forest, Thotupolakanda was investigated during this study. Due to floristic heterogeneity, vegetation was studied ...

Marine seaweeds are rich sources of biologically active secondary metabolites and have potential as lead compounds in drug discovery. However, antioxidant activities of the Sri Lankan seaweeds have not been studied ...

Natural Rubber Latex (NRL) allergy is an allergic condition caused by the extractable latex proteins in dipped rubber products. This allergic condition is a major concern for consumers, mainly for those who are sensitive ...

Even though it is the staple food of more than half the world’s population, rice is not considered a rich source of protein. One of the essential amino acids, lysine is low in rice seed. Hence, this study was aimed at ...

Setaria digitata resides in the abdominal cavity of ungulates and are generally nonpathogenic in their natural host, cattle. However, transmission of infective larvae into non-permissive hosts such as sheep, goats or ...