Research & Grants

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)