Upekshi Kankanamge

General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University · Department of Pharmacy

Polyherbal hair dye products are preferred over synthetic products due to their several benefits. Literature reported flowers of Hibiscus rosasinensis, seeds of Coffea arabica, buds of Syzygium aromaticum, and bark of Cinnamomum zeylanicum extracts seem to have high colour intensity. Hence, this study aimed to prepare a polyherbal hair dye (PHHD) c...

Starch as an excipient

Nanoemulgel is an emergent and promising drug delivery system used nowadays in the pharmaceutical industry. As a novel transdermal drug delivery tool, the applications of nanoemulgel have increasingly been used due to their unique characteristic properties and benefits over other oral and topical drug deliveries to avoid poor drug bioavailability a...

Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) is an infectious disease caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It is a new strain that is identified newly in humans, which was originated in China in 2019. This virus spread from an infected person's mouth or nose upon coughing, sneezing, speaking, or breathing. This is an ongoing glo...

Knowledge, attitudes and practices on e-health literacy among FAHS undergraduates of KDU

In vitro Antimicrobial Activity of Psidium guajava Leaf Extract Against Acne-Developing Organisms and Formulation of an Anti-Acne Topical Hydrogel

Aims: Asthma is one of the biggest health burdens on the Sri Lankan population. Achievement of treatment goals is determined mainly through pharmacological management. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the patient inhaler handling techniques and their awareness regarding their disease condition, as well as to find out how an educatio...

Disintegrants are agents which are integrated to tablets and some encapsulated formulations in order to promote the breakup of the tablet and capsule "slugs" into more small fragments in an aqueous environment which thereafter increment the available surface area and promoting a more rapid release of the drug substance. The development of new excip...

A remarkable step has taken to rescue lives from COVID-19 virus with the development of vaccines. At present, a few vaccines have been developed and dispensed to the patients. In parallel to this process, clinical trials are being performed aiming to develop advanced therapies. This review paper is being written in the period when the vaccine for C...

It is indisputable that COVID-19 virus interfered with the health status, education, socio economic impact on Sri Lanka and is threatening the entire world at present. Several vaccines are being developed; clinical trials are being performed aiming to eradicate the virus. The application of traditional medicinal plants as treatments of patients or...

Starches are the main excipients used in the formulation of solid oral dosage forms and the majority of the excipients are imported to Sri Lanka for the country’s pharmaceutical manufacturing industry. Therefore, research need to be done on finding the suitability of the available sources as pharmaceutical excipients which, in return, would be more...

Service quality and customer satisfaction of public sector organizations are not yet being studied in Sri Lankan setting. The current study was undertaken to explore the factors affecting the service quality and customer satisfaction in the National Medicine Regulatory Authority (NMRA). One hundred customers (age 20-60 consisting both males and fem...

Anti Inflammatory activity of a plant

Background: Plants have been recognized as a promising natural source for the discovery of novel drugs, including antibacterial agents. The present study evaluated in vitro antibacterial activity of aqueous and methanolic extracts of different parts of Wattakaka volubilis against two pathogenic bacterial strains, Escherichia coli (American Type Cul...

Background: Plants have been recognized as a promising natural source for the discovery of novel drugs, including antibacterial agents. The present study evaluated in vitro antibacterial activity of aqueous and methanolic extracts of different parts of Wattakaka volubilis against two pathogenic bacterial strains, Escherichia coli (American Type Cul...

Wattakaka volubilis is a popular medicinal plant that has been used to treat wounds for centuries in Sri Lankan traditional medicine system. The antibacterial potential of aqueous and methanolic extracts of leaf, stem, root and flowers from plant was screened against two common pathogenic bacterial strains, Escherichia coli (ATCC 25922) and Staphyl...

This study focused on the evaluation of in vitro Sun Protection Factor (SPF) of leaf extract of x Citrofortunella microcarpa since it has not been investigated. Collected leaves were air-dried, powdered and macerated in methanol. The filtrate was evaporated to dryness and subjected to preliminary phytochemical analysis. The concentration series of...

Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth (Family Piperaceae) has been utilizing in folk medicine for many years worldwide and much research have been devoted. This review focused to summarize updated most interesting findings on the morphological, phytochemical, ethnopharmacological and toxicological aspects obtained in the research related to the plant. Loc...

Neem (Azadirachta indica) is one of the most versatile medicinally and cosmetically and msme tic ally valuable plants having a wide spectrum of biological activities. Neem plants are abundant in the dry zone of Sri Lanka and are exposed to relatively high levels of UV-B (Ultraviolet) radiation. Therefore, neem plants may contain phytochemicals with...

In the present review, an attempt has been made to put together the traditional, phytochemical and pharmacological studies done on an important medicinal plant Lasia spinosa. It is a large herbaceous plant that belongs to the family Araceae and mostly distributed in South Asia and SouthEast Asia. Major phytochemicals namely alkaloids, carbohydrates...

Anemia is a widespread public health problem associated with an increased risk of morbidity and mortality, especially in pregnant women and young children. It is a disease with multiple causes, both nutritional (vitamin and mineral deficiencies) and non-nutritional (infection) that frequently co-occur. Nutritional anemia refers to a reduced red blo...

Haemoglobin (Hb) level is considered as a best indicator for assessing anemia condition. Anaemia is a global health problem and its impact is felt in Sri Lanka as well. Anaemia is characterized by less than the normal quantity of hemoglobin in the blood. The recent study attempts to find the association between haemoglobin level and different anthr...

Recent studies have shown that waist circumference (WC) is the best simple anthropometric index of abdominal obesity and the best index for predicting cardiovascular risks. Changes in diet and lifestyle have a great impact on obesity and obesity related disease risks. Hence, the present study aimed to assess the association between dietary habits a...

Anaemia is a global health problem and its impact is felt in Sri Lanka as well. Anaemia is characterized by less than the normal quantity of hemoglobin in the blood. Anaemia occurs at all stages of life, but is particularly prevalent in women of reproductive age, pregnant women and children. This study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of...

Obesity and abdominal obesity are becoming major public health problem in certain countries. Causes for obesity are multi-factorial; among them various dietary factors play an important role. The main cause of obesity-related deaths is cardiovascular disease, for which abdominal obesity is a predisposing factor [1]. Abdominal obesity is defined as...

Anaemia is a global health problem and its impact is felt in Sri Lanka as well. Anaemia is characterized by less than the normal quantity of hemoglobin in the blood. Anaemia occurs at all stages of life, but is particularly prevalent in women of reproductive age, pregnant women and children. This study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of...