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Papaw fruit juice as source for single cell protein production using natural palmyrah toddy yeast

Rajendran, S.; Kapilan, R.; Vasantharuba, S. (Ceylon Journal of Science, 2018)

The study was carried out to perform Liquid State Fermentation (LSF) to produce Single Cell Protein (SCP) from papaw (Carica papaya) fruit juice using natural yeast obtained from Palmyrah (Borassus flabellifer) toddy. The ...
Regulation of aquaporins in plants under stress

Kapilan, R.; Vaziri, M.; Zwiazek, J.J. (BMC Biological Research, 2018-01)

Aquaporins (AQP) are channel proteins belonging to the Major Intrinsic Protein (MIP) superfamily that play an important role in plant water relations. The main role of aquaporins in plants is transport of water and other ...
Antifungal Activity of Some Plant Extracts Against Decay Fungi From Palmyrah Leaf Handicrafts

Subajini Mahilrajan. Jeyarani Nandakumar.; Robika Kailayalingam. Nilushiny Aloysius.; Manoharan. SriThayalan SriVijeindran. (Jaffna University International Research Conference, 2014)

Fungi associated with decaying handicrafts made from palmyrah leaf were isolated from two different sites of the Jaffna peninsula and characterized as Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus flavus and Penicillium sp. These were ...
Establishment of Embryogenic Cell Suspension Culture of Chilli [Capsicum annum L. var. accuminatum Fingerh] for Somatic Embryogenesis

Nandakumar, J.; Bandara, J.M.R.S.; Peiris, S.E (1996)

Chilli [Capsicum annum L. var. accuminatum Fingerh] is one of the important spice crops ofSri Lanka. Embryogenic suspension cultures of chilli were developed with an objective to induce somatic embryogenesis Successful ...
Preservation of Fungi by using Mineral Oil and Silica gel in Laboratories for Teaching Purposes

Ravimannan, N; Sevvel, P; Mangayatkarasi, P (JUICE- 2012 University of Jaffna, 2012-07-20)

The preservation and maintenance of stock cultures are required for microbiological pathological biotechnological and research studies. The laboratories in Universities maintain a series of stock cultures for teaching ...
Study of Saccharomyces cerevisiae IQ motifs of Iqg1p and its interaction with Mlc1p

Mathuranthini, S; Ravimannan, N; Sevvel, P (JUICE- 2012 University of Jaffna, 2012-07-20)

IQGAP related proteins are found in a number of organisms including human and yeast. Iqg1p is a cytoskeletal scaffolding protein found in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. It has critical role in cell division and disruption of ...
Bioactivity of some Macro Algae Present in the Coastal Areas of Northern Sri Lanka

Jeyaseelan, E.C.; Kothai, S.; Kavitha, R.; Thavaranjit, A.C. (JUICE- 2012 University of Jaffna, 2012-07-20)

Northern coastal area of Sri Lanka is a unique marine habitat with huge variety of algae. The present study was aimed to explore bioactive potential of some macro algae present in this region. The brown algae, Sargassum ...
In vitro Antagonistic effect of Trichoderma spp. against Tomato Damping off Pathogen Pythium aphanidermatum

Jeyaseelan, E.C.; Tharmila, S.; Niranjan, K. (Proceedings of the Abstracts of Jaffna University International Research Conference (JUICE-2012), 2012-07-20)

Pythium aphanidermatum is an aggressive pathogen, causing damping off disease in tomato seedlings. In the present study an attempt was made to study the antagonistic effect of Trichoderma viride and Trichoderma harzianum ...
24-hour urine composition of Sri Lankan adults and their response to 100 mg dihydrochlorothiazide

Vinayagamoorthy, T (1980)

In the present study, 205 'normal hospitalised subjects' in the age group 16-60 years were included in a clinical trial to estimate the 24-hour urinary composition. Their response to 100 mg dihydrochlorothiazide was also ...
Microflora and microbial activity in palmyrah (Borassus flabellifer) palm wine in Sri Lanka

Theivendirarajah, K; Chrystopher, R.K (Oxford University Press, 1987-03)

Palmyrah palm wine, a traditional mild alcoholic beverage of Northern Sri Lanka, is popularly referred to as 'toddy'. It is obtained by the natural fermentation of the sugary sap of the palmyrah palm (Borassus flabellifer ...
Inhibitory effect of some traditional hair washing substances on hair borne bacteria

Tharmila, S; Christy Jeyaseelan, E; Thavaranjit, A.C (2012)

Traditionally people use several plant materials and their extracts as hair washing substances. Plant based natural substances are not harmful as well as they are found to be more effective compared to synthetic one. ...
The interaction of IQGAPs with calmodulin-like proteins

Pathmanathan, S; Hamilton, E; Atcheson, E.; Timson, D.J (Biochemical Society, 2011-04)

Since their identification over 15 years ago, the IQGAP (IQ-motif-containing GTPase-activating protein) family of proteins have been implicated in a wide range of cellular processes, including cytoskeletal reorganization, ...
Medicinal value of Ginger (Zingiber officinale) in Jaffna

Krishnapillai, N. (2005)

Ginger is used as a flavoring agent and a medicinal plant by more than 90% of people in Jaffna. It is cultivated in home gardens and in vegetable gardens. Ginger production in Jaffna is very low and it yields pale yellow ...
Fruit quality of 'Karthacolomban', 'Ampalavi' and 'Willard' mangoes (Mangifera indica) in Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Krishnapillai, N. (2004-02)

The most popular mango cultivar in Jaffna is 'Karthacolomban' especially known as the Jaffna mango. Other popular dessert cultivars are 'Ampalavi' and 'Willard'. Mature nonripened mangoes of 'Karthacolomban', 'Ampalavi' ...
In vitro control of Staphylococcus aureus (NCTC 6571) and Escherichia coli (ATCC 25922) by Ricinus communis L.

Christy Jeyaseelan, E; Justin Jashothan, P.T (Asian Pacific Tropical Biomedical Magazine, 2012-09)

Objective: To evaluate antibacterial activity of hot and cold ethanol and methanol leaf extracts of Ricinus communis L (R. communis) against Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) (NCTC 6571) and Escherichia coli (E. coli) (ATCC ...
IQ-motif selectivity in human IQGAP2 and IQGAP3: Binding of calmodulin and myosin essential light chain

Atcheson, E.; Hamilton, E; Pathmanathan, S; Greer, B; Harriott, P; Timson, D.J (Biochemical Society, 2011-10)

The IQGAP [IQ-motif-containing GAP (GTPase-activating protein)] family members are eukaryotic proteins that act at the interface between cellular signalling and the cytoskeleton. As such they collect numerous inputs from ...

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