Meran Keshawa Ediriweera, Kamani Hemamala Tennekoon, and Sameera Ranganath Samarakoon. A Review on Ethnopharmacological Applications, Pharmacological Activities, and Bioactive Compounds of Mangifera indica (Mango). Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Volume 2017 (2017), Article ID 6949835, 24 page

Sameera R Samarakoon^*, Chanthirika Shanmuganathan, Meran K Ediriweera, Poorna Piyathilaka, Kamani H Tennekoon, Ira Thabrew.  Screening of Fifteen Mangrove Plants Found in Sri Lanka for in-vitro Cytotoxic Properties on Breast (MCF-7) and Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HepG2) Cells. European journal of medicinal plants. 2016.14.4.1-11.

Senathilake KS,  Karunanayake EH, Samarakoon SR, Tennekoon KH, de Silva ED. Rhizome extracts of Curcuma zedoaria Rosc induce caspase dependant apoptosis via generation of reactive oxygen species in filarial parasite Setaria digitata in vitro. Experimental Parasitology2016.167;50-60. – doi:10.1016/j.exppara.2016.05.002

K.A.N.P. Katuwavila, A.D.L.C.Perera, S.R. Samarakoon, S.S.S.B.D.P. Soysa, V.Karunaratne, G.A.J. Amaratunga, and D.N.Karunaratne. Preparation, characterization and in vitro anti proliferative studies of doxorubicin loaded chitosan and chitosan-alginate nanoparticles on MCF-7 cell line.-  journal of Nanomaterials– 2016.Article ID 3178904.

Samarakoon SR^*, Chanthirika S. Tennekoon KH, Thabrew MI, Ediriweera PMK, Piyathilaka MAPC, de Silva ED.  Potential in vitro cytotoxic and antioxidant activity of leaf extracts of mangrove plant Phoenix paludosa Roxb. Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research – 2016; 15 (1): 127-132.

Ediriweera PMK, Tennekoon KH, Adhikari A, Samarakoon SR_, Thabrew I, de Silva ED,. New halogenated compounds from Mangifera zeylanica, Sri Lankan endemic mango and their potential anticancer effects in breast and ovarian cancer cells –Journal  of Ethnopharmacolgoy- 189 (2016) 165–174. (doi:10.1016/j.jep.2016.05.047).

Karthika Mayan, Sameera Ranganath Samarakoon^*, Kamani Hemamala Tennekoon, Asitha Siriwardana, José R Valverde^. Molecular docking study of selected natural compounds for cancer stem cells targeted anti-cancer activity. European journal of medicinal plants. 2016. 15(4): 1-21

Panchima P. Jayarathna , Kamani H. Tennekoon, Sameera R. Samarakoon , Ira Thabrew , Eric H. Karunanayake, E. Dilip de Silva and Meran K. Ediriweera.  Cytotoxic, Antioxidant and Apoptotic Effects of Twenty Sri Lankan Endemic Plants in Breast Cancer Cells. European Journal of Medicinal Plants. 2016. 15(1): 1-15

Meran Keshawa Ediriweera, Kamani Hemamala Tennekoon, Sameera Ranganath Samarakoon, Ira Thabrew, Dilip de Silva. Cytotoxic and apoptotic effects of the bark of two common mango (Mangifera indica) varieties from Sri Lanka on breast and ovarian cancer cells- British Journal of Pharmaceutical Research – 2016: 10(2): 1-7.

Ediriweera PMK, Tennekoon KH, Samarakoon SR, Thabrew I, de Silva ED. A study on potential anti-cancer activity of Mangifera zeylanica bark:  Evaluation of cytotoxic and apoptotic effects of the hexane extract and bioassay guided fractionation to identify phytochemical constituents. Oncology letters- 2016: 11: 1335-1344.

Wickramasinghe, L.J.M., I.N. Bandara, D.R. Vidanapathirana, K.H. Tennakoon, S.R. Samarakoon & N. Wickramasinghe .Pseudophilautus dilmah, a new species of shrub frog (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) from a threatened habitat Loolkandura in Sri Lanka. Journal of Threatened Taxa. 2015:7(5): 7089-110.

Anuka S. Mendis, Ira Thabrew, Sameera R. Samarakoon and Kamani H. Tennekoon. Modulation of Heat Shock Proteins and Apoptosis by Flueggea leucopyrus (Willd) decoction: possible mechanisms mediating cytotoxicity to three breast cancer phenotypes. BMC Complementary and alternative Medicine: 2015:15:404.

Piyathilaka M.A.P.C., Pathmalal M.M., Tennekoon K.H., Samarakoon S.R., Chanthirika S., and B.G.D.N.K. de Silva. Microcystin LR induced cytotoxicity and apoptosis on human embryonic kidney (HEK 293) and human kidney adenocarcinoma (ACHN) cell lines. Microbiology– 29^th January 2015.

Sameera Ranganath Samarakoon^*, Nisala Fernando, Meran Keshawa Ediriweera, Achyut Adhikari, Lakshan Wijayabandara, E. Dilip de Silva and Kamani Hemamala Tennekoon. Isolation of Hopenone-I from the Leaves of Mangrove Plant Scyphiphora hydrophyllacea and Its Cytotoxic Properties. British Journal of Pharmaceutical Research. published online 29^th December 2015: 10(1): 1-6.

Nirupa Nagaratnam, Eric H Karunanayake, Kamani H Tennekoon, Sameera R Samarakoon, Karthika Mayan. In silico characterization of a RNA binding protein of cattle filarial parasite Setaria digitata. Bioinformation- 2014.10(8): 521-516.

Sameera R Samarakoon^*, Saman B Kotigala, Ishani Gammana-Liyanage, , Ira Thabrew, Kamani H Tennekoon Anti-carcinogenic effects of a standardized Flueggea leucopyrus (aerial parts) decoction on human endometrial carcinoma (AN3CA) cells. Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research– 2014; 13 (6): 873-880.

Nalinda Silva, Kamani Tennekoon, Hemantha Senanayake, Sameera Samarakoon. Metalloestrogen cadmium stimulates proliferation of stromal cells derived from the eutopic endometrium of women with endometriosis. Taiwan Association of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2013, 52: 540-545.

Sameera Samarakoon^*, Ira Thabrew, Kamani Tennekoon, Modulation of apoptosis in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HepG2 cells) by a standardized herbal decoction with anti- hepatocarcinogenic effects. BMC complementary and alternative medicine 2012, 12:25

Sameera R. Samarakoon^*, Ira Thabrew, Prasanna B. Galhena, Kamani H. Tennekoon. Effects of a standardized preparation of a decoction comprised of Nigella sativa (seeds), Hemidesmus indicus (roots), and Smilax glabra (rhizome) on the expression of p53 and p21 genes in human hepatoma cells (HepG2) and livers of mice with chemically induced hepatocarcinogenesis. Tropical Journal of Pharmacutical research. 2012; 11 (1): 51-61.

Prasanna B Galhena, Sameera R Samarakoon, Ira M Thabrew, Mayuri G Thammitiyagodage, W. D Rathnasooriya, Kamani H Tennekoon. Anti-inflammatory activity is a possible mechanism by which the polyherbal formulation comprised of Nigella sativa (seeds), Hemidesmus indicus (root), and Smilax glabra (rhizome) mediates its anti-hepatocarcinogenic effects. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2012; doi:10.1155/2012/108626.

Samarakoon Sameera R^*, Thabrew Ira,  Galhena B Prasanna, De Silva Dilip, Tennekoon Kamani H, A Comparison of Cytotoxic Potentials of Standardized Aqueous and Ethanolic Extracts of a Polyherbal Mixture Comprised of Nigella sativa (seeds), Hemidesmus indicus (roots) and Smilax glabra (rhizome).- Pharmacognosy Research. 2 (6), (2010), 335 – 342