Research Interests
- Anticancer Drug development, Animal Tissue culture, Use of Natural Products against cancer and Pharmacogenetics.
Research Grants
- Principal Investigator- Isolation and purification of the potent anticancer compound, inoscavin A from a Sri Lankan terrestrial mushroom and investigating its acute toxicity in rat models (sponsored by an external party)
- Co-Investigator- A study on anticancer activity and apoptotic gene expression of some selected Sri Lankan herbal decoctions (University research grant, University of Sri Jayewardenepura)