Kalpa W Samarakoon
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Recent Articles
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Gunathilaka T, Kumarasinghe H, Bandaranayake U, Athapaththu M, Samarakoon K, Ranasinghe P, et al.
Cell Biochem Biophys
. 2025 Feb;
PMID: 39939528
Breast cancer, the most common malignancy in females, and rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS), the most prevalent soft tissue sarcoma in children, remain significant clinical challenges. This study evaluated the anticancer potential and...
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Virajini M, Bandara M, Jayasooriya P, Samarakoon K, Kuruppu A
Antiinflamm Antiallergy Agents Med Chem
. 2025 Jan;
PMID: 39835566
The potential of underutilized plant species to improve food security, health, eco-nomic output, and the environment has not been fully realized. Sri Lanka an island on the Indian Ocean is...
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Fernando S, Jayasooriya R, Samarakoon K, Wijegunawardana N, Alahakoon S
J Toxicol
. 2024 Dec;
2024:6179226.
PMID: 39640379
Research on citrus plants is the result of increasing interest in the discovery of plant species with potential insect-repellent properties. Insect-repelling ability can be achieved by the numerous ubiquitous citrus...
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Gunathilaka T, Bandaranayake U, Boudjelal M, Ali R, Silva R, Samarakoon K, et al.
Mar Biotechnol (NY)
. 2024 Sep;
26(6):1231-1245.
PMID: 39259314
The present study aimed to isolate a bioactive compound from Sri Lankan edible marine brown algae, Chnoospora minima, to manage diabetes. The de-polysaccharide crude methanolic extract was partitioned using hexane,...
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Samarakoon K, Kuruppu A, Ko J, Lee J, Jeon Y
Mar Drugs
. 2023 Apr;
21(4).
PMID: 37103370
In the present investigation, 24-methylcholesta-5(6), 22-diene-3β-ol (MCDO), a major phytosterol was isolated from the cultured marine diatom, Bohlin, and in vitro and in vivo anti-inflammatory effects were determined. MCDO demonstrated...
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Gunathilaka T, Dilrangi K, Ranasinghe P, Samarakoon K, Peiris L
Pharmaceuticals (Basel)
. 2021 Nov;
14(11).
PMID: 34832937
The current study determined the cytotoxic and apoptotic potential of the polyphenol-rich methanol extract of () and its fractions against human breast adenocarcinoma (MCF-7) and rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) cells. MTT and...
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Gunathilaka T, Samarakoon K, Ranasinghe P, Peiris L
Molecules
. 2019 Oct;
24(20).
PMID: 31618997
Obesity and diabetes are major metabolic disorders which are prevalent worldwide. Algae has played an important role in managing these disorders. In this study, , a marine red algae, was...
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Fernando I, Sanjeewa K, Samarakoon K, Lee W, Kim H, Ranasinghe P, et al.
Food Sci Biotechnol
. 2018 Nov;
27(6):1761-1769.
PMID: 30483441
Enzyme-assisted extraction is a cost-effective, safe, and efficient method to obtain bioactives from plant materials. During this study, 10 different marine algae from Sri Lanka were individually extracted by using...
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Fernando I, Sanjeewa K, Samarakoon K, Lee W, Kim H, Kang N, et al.
Int J Biol Macromol
. 2017 Jul;
104(Pt A):1185-1193.
PMID: 28690171
Fucoidans are an interesting group of bioactive sulfated polysaccharides abundant in brown seaweeds. The current study highlights the enrichment and extraction of fucoidan from Chnoospora minima by means of enzyme-assistant...
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Sharma N, Samarakoon K, Gyawali R, Park Y, Lee S, Oh S, et al.
Molecules
. 2014 Sep;
19(9):14567-81.
PMID: 25225720
This study evaluated the chemical composition, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anticancer activities of a Euphorbia hirta L. extract. The antioxidant activities of whole E. hirta ethanol extract were determined by electron...