Vol 37, No 4 (2009)

Table of Contents

Editorial

Beyond research communication... PDF
Lalini Rajapaksa 227-228

Research Articles

Epoxidation of some vegetable oils and their hydrolysed products with peroxyformic acid - optimised to industrial scale PDF
Padmasiri K. Gamage, Micheal O’Brien, Laleen Karunanayake 229-240
Electromyography (EMG)-signal based fuzzy-neuro control of a 3 degrees of freedom (3DOF) exoskeleton robot for human upper-limb motion assist PDF
R.A.R.C. Gopura, Kazuo Kiguchi 241-248
In vitro mass propagation and greenhouse establishment of Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal (Solanaceae) and comparison of growth and chemical compounds of tissue cultured and seed raised plants PDF
M.A.N. De Silva, W.T.P.S.K. Senarath 249-255

Short Communications

A TLC-bioassay based method for detection of fungicide residues on harvested fresh produce PDF
H.M.C.K. Kanatiwela, N.K.B. Adikaram 257-262
Effects of coagulation temperature on the texture and yield of soy paneer (tofu) PDF
S.S. Mathare, S.B. Bakal, T.M.R. Dissanayake, S.K. Jain 263-267

Research Notes

A new cytotoxic flabelliferin from palmyrah (Borassus flabellifer L.) flour PDF
A.A.P. Keerthi, S. Ekanayake, G.A.S. Premakumara 269-271
Effects of caffeine and a tea flavanoid on Monacrosporium ambrosium, ectosymbiote of shot-hole borer beetle of tea PDF
Naleen B. Jayaratna, Nedra Karunaratne, N. Savitri Kumar 273-275
The effect of poultry manure and inorganic fertilizer on the arbuscular mycorrhiza in coconut PDF
T. G. Karunasinghe, W. C. Fernando, L. R. Jayasekera 277-279

Commentaries & Notes

Uppsala University honours Sri Lankan scientist- Prof. Tissa Illangasekare PDF
Ananda Gunatilaka 281-282


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