D. Nedra Karunaratne
Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of Peradeniya
Sri Lanka
Biography
PhD :(British Columbia) 1985;BSc :(Chemistry Special) Hons. (Colombo). 1979.
Research Interest
My area of research is in drug delivery using nanomaterials capable of improving the effectiveness and safety of the drugs. My group has experimented on the use of liquid crystals as a novel carrier for efficient delivery. In addition, research in the area of natural products for the isolation of bioactive materials and characterization of coconut polysaccharides add to my other areas of interest.
Publications
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M. Jafari, W. Xu, R. Pan, C. M. Sweeting, D. N. Karunaratne, and P. Chen. (2014) Serum stability and Physicochemical Characterization of a Novel Amphipathic peptide C6M1 for SiRNA delivery. PLoS ONE 9(5): e97797. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097797
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D.N. Karunaratne, A.C. Dassanayake, K.M.G.K. Pamunuwa and V. Karunaratne. (2014) Improved skin permeability of dl-α-tocopherol in topical macroemulsions. International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. 6 (6) 53 -57. http://www.ijppsjournal.com/Vol6Issue6/8289.pdf •
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R. Ratnayake, D. Perera, D.N. Karunaratne, D.S.A. Wijesundara, G. Carr, D. E. Williams, R.J. Andersen and V. Karunaratne. (2014) Antioxidant activity and a new butanolide from the primitive endemic genus Hortonia. Journal of the National Science Foundation 42 (3) 273 -276
