Pericarp of the fruit of Garcinia mangostana L is used for the treatment of skin infections, wounds and diarrhea in indigenous medicine of Thailand, India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar. In the present study, the inhibitory ...

Agarwood is a highly valuable aromatic substance which is derived from the heartwood of Aquilaria and Gyrinops species of family Thymalaeaceae. Healthy heartwood of the above species is relatively pale in colour and low ...

Kaempferia galanga is an important medicinal plant used in Ayurvedic medicine. To meet the increasing demand in Ayurvedic medicine, tissue culture protocols have been developed to produce healthy plants for mass propagation. ...

Drug resistant strains of Candida species have emerged due to increasing rate of Candida infections and use of available antifungal drugs for treatment. This study aimed to evaluate the potential therapeutic use of the ...

Punica granatum is a valuable medicinal plant traditionally used to cure skin infections. This study was aimed to determine the antifungal activity of P. granatum leaves against Malassezia species which commonly causes ...

Municipal solid waste (MSW) has become a severe problem due to the absence of a proper management system and lack of proper waste disposal plans. This problem is accelerated by adding slaughter house waste (SHW) into the ...

Rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) one of the main plantation crops in Sri Lanka is the only plant species cultivated commercially for natural rubber harvesting. Novel systems for harvesting have been introduced but spatial ...

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Agarwood is a highly valuable fragrant resinous wood, formed in the stem, branches and roots of Aquilaria and Gyrinops genera of family Thymelaeaceae. Formation of agarwood mainly occurs due to infections, especially by ...

Gyrinops walla Gaertn is the only agarwood forming species naturally growing in Sri Lanka. This species, belongs to the family Thymalaeaceae is commonly growing in the low country wet zone of Sri Lanka where the annual ...