A study on habitat use and activity budget of the land monitor Varanus bengalensis was conducted from August 2004 to February 2005 inside the university premises of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Colombo, Sri Lanka. ...

The trifluoro acetic acid hydrolysed flabelliferins were silylated and analyzed by GCIEIIMS. 'H and llC-NMR. Methylation studies showed that the carbohydrate moiety of F; (M.W. 722) contained arhamnosyl residue linked a ...

Present study examined the effect of warm black tea brew/ infusion (BTB) of Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze (family: Theaceae) on sleep. The above was tested in hexabarbital induced sleep model in mice using three doses ...

GIS based model was used as spatial biophysical model to evaluate productivity of potatoes in Nuwara Eliya and Badulla Districts. A field survey was conducted in central hills of Sri Lanka under field conditions in yala ...

Live samples of brown- stage eels of Anguilla bicolor were collected from the Bolgoda Estuary. The samples were grouped as <30Omm, 300-400mm, 400- 500mm, 500-60Omm and >600mm total length. The stomachs were injected ...

Bolgoda Lake is used by the local community for traditional fishery. Nevertheless it is becoming polluted with chemicals from various sources. The present study was carried out to assess the total levels of five heavy ...

A self-pollination programme has been carried out at the Coconut Research Institute (CRl) of Sri Lanka to produce F2 families of an FJ cross between tall and dwarf coconut palms. Among the F, families generated three ...

Three decades ago palmyrah (Borassus flabellifer) flour (odiyal) was shown to have neurotoxic and hepatotoxic effects. Previous studies have shown that both toxicities can be destroyed by dry heat at 80°C for 45 minutes. ...