Self assembly of carotenoids is a common phenomenon in nature and seems to be closely related to the functions of these natural dyes in solar devices. The large absorption coefficients in the visible region of carotenoids ...
Proanthocyanidins are secondary metabolites found in plants and they belong to a class of polyphenolic compounds called flavonoids. Proanthocyanidins have been reported to exhibit diverse biological activities. We have ...
Plumbago indica L. (Plumbaginaceae) is a medicinal herb, credited with vast number of potential therapeutic properties which is heavily used in traditional and ayurvedic medicinal systems in Sri Lanka and India. Naphthoquinones ...
Jayakodiarachchi, N.; Jayaweera, C.D.(University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, 2015)
Heavy metal pollution has become one of the most critical environmental problems throughout the world today, since they persist in the environment without degradation. Present study explored the feasibility of using Jack ...
Ginige, G.K.; Jayaweera, P.M.(Postgraduate Institute of Science Research Congress, Sri Lanka, 2015-10-09)
Surface interactions of spherical shaped Ag nanoparticles (NPs) coated with sodium borohydride were investigated with two natural dyes, m - bixin and m -norbixin , that are found in annatto. The changes in the surface ...
Background: Re(l) tricarbonyl complexes exhibit immense potential as fluorescence imaging agents. However, only
a handful of rhenium complexes have been utilized in biological imaging. The present study describes the ...