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Aspects of the Binding of Acyclic Carotenoids to Flabelliferins from Palmyrah Fruit Pulp

Uluwaduge, I.; Jayaweera, P.M.; Ileperuma, N.; Jansz, E.R.; Thabrew, M.I. (2009)

The fruit pulp of palmyrah (Borassus flabellifer) contains flabelliferins which are glycosides of p-sitosterol. Naturally bound to flabelliferins is an UV active compound, phytofluene, which affects biological activity. ...
Canthium coromandelicum Leaf as a Functional Food

Bandara, W.V.R.T.D.G.; Ekanayake, S.; Jansz, E.R.; Balasubramanium, K. (2009)

Canthium coromandelicum (Sinhala-Kara) leaf is consumed in the form of a 'Sambal' and 'Malluma' mixed with coconut. It shows a hypocholesterolaemic effect on Wistar rats which is due to high molecular weight pectin (up ...
The Carbohydrate Moieties of Some Flabelliferins (Steroidal saponins) of Palmyrah Fruit Pulp

Ariyasena, Darshika D.; Jansz, E.R. (2006)

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 ...
The Carotenoids of the Fruit Pulp of Palmyrah (Borassus flabellifer) from Hambantota

Priyadarshani, A.M.B.; Jansz, E.R.; Peiris, H. (2009)

The Hambantota district has relatively new plantations of palmyrah (Borassus flabellifer) and appear to be the future for industrial products from this tree. The tree with morphological type lIB fruit dominates plantations ...
Effect of Palmyrah (Borassus flabellifer L.) Fruit Pulp on Weight Gain of Mice

Ariyasena, Darshika D.; Jayasekara, Sharmini; Jansz, E.R.; Abeysekera, A.M. (2000)

Palmyrah (Borassusflabellifer L.) fruit pulp (PFP) contains a group of steroidal saponins called flabelliferins. One of these flabelliferins (a tetraglycoside) causes a bitter flavour in PFP, which detracts from the ...
The Effect of the Fruit Pulp of Four Cultivars of Palmyrah on Serum Cholesterol Levels in Mice

Pathberiya, L. Gayathri; Jansz, E.R. (2006)

Four types of the most common paJrnyrah fruit pulp (Borassusflabel/ifer L) were chosen on the basis of morphology of fruit. On feeding to ICR (Institute of Cancer Research) mice at 10% level all types of pulp lowered ...
Effects of Gymnema lactiferum Leaf on Serum Glucose and Cholesterol Levels of Normo-glycaemic Wistar Rats

Bandara, W.V.R.T.D.G.; Ekanayake, S.; Jansz, E.R.; Balasubramanium, K. (2010)

Gymnema lactiferum var. lactiferum is a twining plant which belongs to the family Asclepiadaceae (milk weed family). This plant is distributed in many South Asian countries including, Assam, Malay Peninsula, Malaysia and ...
Flabelliferins of Naringinase Debittered Palmyrah Fruit Pulp

Nikawala, J.K.; Jansz, E.R.; Baeckstrom, P.; Abeysekera, A.M.; Wijeyaratne, S.C. (2000)

Palmyrah (Borassus jlabellifer L) fruit pulp was debittered with the enzyme naringinase, At least three of the 4 natural flabelliferins including the bitter principle (F-II) and an antimicrobial principle (FIl) were ...
Hypercarotenaemia in Wistar Rats and ICR Mice and Correlation to Humans

Wageesha, N.D.A.; Ekanayake, S.; Jansz, E.R.; Lamabadusuriya, S.P. (2010)

Hypercarotenaemia can occur at any age but it is more commonly seen in infants and young children due to the excessive intake of carotenoid bearing food. The objective of this study was to induce hypercarotenaemia and ...
An Investigation of the Carotenoids of Carica papaya

Priyadarshani, A.M.B.; Jansz, E.R.; Peiris, H. (2006)

The carotenoids of yellow-fleshed papaw (Carica papaya), were collected at random from different areas of Kurunegala, a major papaw producing District in Sri Lanka. Results showed that the carotenoids present were ...
Neurotoxic Effect Traditional Cooking of Wistar Rats Fed with Recipies of Palmyrah Flour

Sumudunie, K.A.V.; Jayasekara, S.; Jansz, E.R.; Wickramasinghe, S.M.D.N. (2002)

Palmyrah (Borassus flabellifer L.) shoot has been proved to give a neurotoxic effect. This study using male Wistar rats shows that the time for advent of neurotoxic symptoms is affected by the location from which the ...
A Novel Water Soluble Carotenoid Derivative from Palmyrah (Borassus flabellifer L) Fruit Pulp

Priyadarshani, A.M.B.; Jansz, E.R.; Peiris, H. (2009)

A water soluble carotenoid derivative is reported for the first time. The source was the fruit pulp of palmyrah (Borassus flabellifer L). Using the normal carotenoid extraction procedure the yellow pigment was found to ...
Preparation and Storage of Pinnatu Destroys the Hypocholesterolaemic Effect of Palmyrah Fruit Pulp

Bandara, W.V.R.T.D.G.; Jansz, E.R.; Ekanayake, Sagarika; Balasubramanium, K. (2009)

It has been suggested that the hypocholesterolaemic effect of palmyrah fruit pulp (PFP) is brought about by the soluble dietary fibre which is dominated by pectin, However, this has not been conclusively proven. The ...
A Review of an Underutilized Legume Canavalia gladiata

Ekanayake, Sagarika; Jansz, E.R.; Nair, Baboo M.; Abeysekera, A.M. (1999)

The literature related to the legume commonly known as sword beans (Canavalia gladiata) that belongs to the genus Canavalia which is considered to be an underutilized legume, is reviewed. The legume seeds are considered ...
A Review of Carotenoid Analysis Techniques in the Sri Lankan Context and Solution to Some Problems Therein

Priyadarshani, A.M.B.; Jansz, E.R.; Peiris, H. (2009)

Carotenoid analyses results are subject to much variation. In this study, problems of sampling, extraction, chromatography, spectral data, and chemical tests are discussed together with in-vitro bioaccessibility. In ...
Some Anti-nutritional Factors of Mature Sword Beans (Canavalia gladiata)

Ekanayake, Sagarika; Jansz, E.R.; Abeysekera, A.M.; Nair, Baboo M. (2001)

The anti-nutritional factor evaluation of Canavalia gladiata seed flour indicated a high amount of phytic acid, which decreased with processing. The raw cotyledon fraction had the highest content of phytate (8.5 mgg I) ...
Some Studies on the Flabelliferins and Carotenoids of the Fruit Pulp of Palmyrah (Borassus flabellifer L)

Samarasinghe, Ishira; Jansz, E.R. (2001)

In studies directed at understanding fully, the options for utilization of palmyrah fruit pulp (PFP), the work reported here was concentrated on f1abelliferins (saponins of B-sitosterol) and carotenoids. Flabelliferins, F-l1, ...
Some Studies on the Neurotoxic Effect of Palmyrah odiyal Flour

Perera, P.Shiromi; Jansz, E.R.; Peiris, H. (2006)

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. ...
Studies on a Hyper-haemolytic Compound of Palmyrah Flour (Odiyal)

Keerthi, A.A.P.; Jansz, E.R.; Ekanayake, S. (2009)

Palmyrah (Borassus flabellifer L.) flour (Odiyal) is well known to contain toxins. A new saponin was isolated from the medium pressure liquid chromatography (MPLC) fraction between 90% - 100% MeOH:EtOAc extract and ...
Studies on Amines of Hurulla (Amblygaster sirm) Do They Cause Allergic Reactions of Hurulla?

Perera, P. Shiromi; Jansz, E.R.; Peiris, H. (2002)

Past studies stated that consumption ofhurulla (Amblygaster sirm) gave an adverse reaction to tuberculosis patients treated with isoniazid drugs and that the cause may be tyramine. In order to test this hypothesis fresh ...

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