Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to H M Herath.
The hexane extract of the stem bark of Gordonia dassanayakei showed high antifungal activity against plant pathogenic fungi Curvularia sp., Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, Rhizoctonia solani, Corynespora cassiicola, and Fusarium sp. A compound responsible for the antifungal activity was isolated and identified as 3-formyl-2,4-dihydroxy-6-methylbenzoic acid 3-hydroxy-4-(methoxycarbonyl)-2,5-dimethylphenyl ester (1).
The chemical investigation of the hexane extract of the stem bark of Gordonia ceylanica afforded 3beta-acetoxy-11alpha(2',3'-epoxyferulyloxy)-olean-13(18)-ene as a new natural product and alpha-spinasterol for the first time from Gordonia.
The heart wood of Gliricidia sepium stem yielded stigmastanol glucoside (1) and 3',4'-dihydroxy-trans-cinnamic acid octacosylester 2, along with three other known constituents.
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A water-soluble arabinoxylan (D-xylose and L-arabinose in the molar ratio 1.0:3.4) was isolated from the mucilaginous bark of Litsea glutinosa (Lauraceae). The results of methylation analysis, partial hydrolysis, and 1H- and 13C-n.m.r. spectroscopy indicated a backbone of (1----4)-linked beta-D-xylopranosyl residues substituted at both positions 2 and 3 with side chains composed of either single or (1----3)-linked arabinofuranosyl residues. Both alpha-L- and beta-L-arabinofuranosyl residues were present. It is possible that side chains composed of two beta-L-arabinofuranosyl residues are attached mainly at O-2 of some xylosyl residues.
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75 plant species from 11 families were tested in Sri Lanka for their susceptibility to transferring the papaya mosaic virus. After inoculation with this virus, six species, Cucurbita pepo, Cucumis sativus, Nicotiana tabacum, Chenopodium amaranticolor, Gomphrena globosa and Lycopersicum esculentum, developed such symptoms, and after re-isolation from the host plant the virus again infected papaya plants. Thus these species are possible alternate hosts of papaya mosaic virus in Sri Lanka.
Ten selections of citronella (Cymbopogon nardus [L.] Rendle) were grown at 32/27, 27/21, or 15/10 C day/night temperatures, and plants from three populations of lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus [D.C.] Stapf from Japan or Sri Lanka and Cymbopogon flexuosus [D.C.] Stapf from India) were grown at 8- or 15-hour photoperiods. Net photosynthetic rates of mature leaves were measured in a controlled environment at 25 C and 260 microeinsteins per meter(2) per second. Rates declined with increasing leaf age, and from the tip to the base of the leaf blade. Rates for citronella leaves grown at 15/10 C were extremely low for all selections. Highest rates of net photosynthesis were recorded for four selections grown at 27/21 C and for two selections grown at 32/27 C. Lemongrass grown at 8-hour photoperiod had higher photosynthetic rates than that grown at 15-hour photoperiod.
Carbon dioxide compensation values of mature leaves from 10 selections of citronella (Cymbopogon nardus [L.] Rendle) grown at 32/27 or 27/21 C day/night temperatures and three strains of lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus [D.C.] Stapf. and Cymbopogon flexuosus [D.C.] Stapf.) grown at 8- or 15-hour photoperiods were measured in a controlled environment at 25 C. All leaves had low compensation values but citronella varied from 1.3 to 9.7 mul/liter and lemongrass from 0.7 to 3.5 mul/liter. Lower growing temperature generally resulted in lower compensation values for citronella but there was no consistent photoperiod effect on lemongrass.
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