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2022

1.Wanninaika, I. P.; Toyama, H; Thachibana, S; Perumpuli; P. A. B. N; Hettiarachchi, C; Kaumal, M. N. Inhibitory effect of water soluble fraction of monascus-fermented rice on lipid accumulation in 3T3 L1 Adipocyte. Cuurn. Appl. Sci & Technology. 2022. In press.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.55003/cast.2022.06.22.007

2. [Book Chapter]: Sameera, W. M. C.; Sumiya, Y.; Skjelstad, B. B.; Maeda, S. (2022) Automated mechanism discovery, comprehensive computational chemistry, Elsevier. In press.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-821978-2.00003-9

3. Perera, S. M. D.; Wijesundera, W. S. S.;  Wijayarathna, C. D.; Seneviratne, G.; Jayasena S. M. T. Identification of long-chain alkane-degrading (LadA) monooxygenases in Aspergillus flavus via in silico analysis. Front. Microbiol, 2022, 898456.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022

4. Tantirimudalige, S.; Buckley, T. S. C.; Chandramohan, A.; Richter, R. M.; Ziegler, C.; Anand, G. S. Hyperosmotic stress allosterically reconfigures betaine binding pocket in BetP. J. Mol. Biol. 2022, 434, 167747.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2022.167747

5. Kotuwegedara, G. G. W. K.; de Silva, R. M.; de Silva, K. M. N.; Dissanayake, D. P.; Perera, L. H. R.; Rathuwadu, N. P. W. Superhydrophobic coating to mitigate metal corrosion with electrically insulative and thermally conductive properties. Mater. Lett., 2022, 324, 132773
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2022.132773

6.Gunawickrama S. H. N. P.; Silva A. R. N.; Nanayakkara P. G. C. L.; Gunawickrama K. B. S.; Jayasekara J. M. K. B.; Chandrasekharan N. V. Metals and metallothionein expression in relation to progression of chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) in Sri Lanka.Diseases 2022, 10, 34.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ diseases10020034

7. Vitharana, N.; Kaushalya, C.; Perera, T.; Deraniyagala, S.; Sameera, W. M. C.; Cooray, A. Dipicolylamine based fluorescent probes and their potential for the quantification of Fe 3+ in aqueous solutions. ACS Omega 2022, 7, 32, 28342–28350.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.2c02862

8. Bandara, W. W.; Wijesundera, W. S. S.; Hettiarachchi, C. Rice and Arabidopsis BBX proteins: toward genetic engineering of abiotic stress resistant crops. 3 Biotech, 2022, 12, 164.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-022-03228-w

9. Fernando, W. T. H.; Jayarathna, H. K. V. S.; Kaumal, M. N. Low-Cost Microfluidic Electrochemical Paper-Based Device to Detect Glucose. Journal of Science of the University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka 2022, 15 (1), 21-33.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4038/josuk.v15i1.8043

10. Fernando, L. S. L. K.; Perera, L. H. R. Graphical application to assist students understand the basic concepts in acid-base titrations. J. Chem. Edu., 2022, 99, 1547−1552
DOI: https://doi.org/0.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00881

11. Liyanaarachchi, G. V. V.; Mahanama, K. R. R.; Somasiri, H. P. P.; Punyasiri, P. A. N.; Ranatunga M. A. B. Variations in amino acid composition of rice varieties (Oryza sativa L.) as affected by the cooking technique. J. Food. Process. Preserv. 2022, 00, e16781.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jfpp.16781

12. Wickramatunga P.G.T.S.W.; Gunawardene Y.I.N.S.; Chandrasekharan N.V.; Dassanayake R.S.; Genome organization, in-silico structure, and cellular localization of putative lipid
transporter, ARV1 from parasitic nematode Setaria digitata. Gene Reports 28, 2022, 101643
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.genrep.2022.101643‌

13. Manatunga, Danushika. C.; Jayasinghe, J. A. B.; Sandaruwan, C.; De Silva, R. M.; De Silva, K. M. N. Enhancement of Release and Solubility of Curcumin from Electrospun PEO–EC–PVP
Tripolymer-Based Nanofibers: A Study on the Effect of Hydrogenated Castor Oil. ACS Omega 2022, 7 (42), 37264–37278.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.2c03495

14. Manuda, K. R. J.; Tillekaratne, A.; Jayasundara, D. R. Ethanol mediated photoinduced reversible adsorption of methylene blue on nano titanium dioxide, Res. Chem. Intermed. 2022, 48, 3359-3373.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11164-022-04759-w

15. Faisal, R.; De Silva, R.; De Silva, K. M. N. Density functional theory (DFT) simulations on fullerene/polymer blends for organic photovoltaic systems. IJARIIT, 2022, 8, V8I1-1466.

16. Tanifuji, K.; Sakai, Y.; Matsuoka, Y.; Tada, M.; Sameera, W. M. C.; Ohki, Y. CO binding onto the vertex heterometals of [Mo 3 S 4 M] (M = Fe, Co, Ni) cubes. Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2022, 95, 1190-1195.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1246/bcsj.20220143

17. Liyanaarachchi, G. V. V.; Mahanama, K. R. R.; Somasiri, H. P. P.; Punyasiri, P. A. N.; Ranatunga M. A. B.; Wijesena, K. A. K.; Weerasinghe, W. D. P. Impact of seasonal, geographical and varietal variations on amino acid profile of Sri Lankan rice varieties (Oryza sativa L.). J. Food. Compost. Anal. 2022, 109, 104494.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2022.104494

18. Pathirana, S. N. J.; Elvitigala, D. A. S.; Nanayakkara, C. M.; Suravajhala, P.; Rajapakse, S.; Hettiarachchi, G. H. C. M.; Chandrasekharan, N. V. Identification and in-silico analysis of a novel restriction enzyme coding gene from Pseudomonas anguilliseptica, Gene Reports, 2022, 26, 101487.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.genrep.2021.101487

19. Cárdenas, P.; Gamage, J; Hettiarachchi, C. M.; Gunasekera, S. Good practices in sponge natural product studies: revising vouchers with isomalabaricane triterpenes. Marine Drugs, 20, 3.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/md20030190

20. Nissanka, N. A. A. B.; Perera, L. H. R., Kaumal, M. N. Low Cost Paper-based Electrochemical Sensing Platform for the Determination of Hydrogen Peroxide, Curr. Appl. Sci. Technol., 2022, 22.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.55003/cast.2022.02.22.004

21. Vithanage, A. V. A.; Jayasinghe C. D.; De Costa, M. D. P.; Senthilnithy R. Photodynamic therapy: an overview and insights into a prospective mainstream anticancer therapy. JOTCSA, 2022, 9, 821-848.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18596/jotcsa.1000980

22. Abeywickrama, C. S.; Li, Y.; Ramanah, A.; Owitipana, D. N.; Wijesinghe, K. J.; Pang, Y. Albumin-induced large fluorescence turn on in 4-(diphenylamino)benzothiazolium dyes for clinical applications in protein detection. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2022, 368, 132199.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2022.132199

23. [Book Chapter]: Godakanda, V. U.; Dziemidowicz, K.; de Silva, R. M.; de Silva, K. M. N.; Williams, G. R. (2022). Electrospun Fibers in Drug Delivery. In: Vaseashta, A., Bölgen, N. (eds) Electrospun Nanofibers. Springer, Cham.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99958-2_7

24. Jayawardana, S. A. S., Samarasekera, J. K. R. R., Hettiarachchi, G. H. C. M.; Gooneratne, M. J. (2022). Antidiabetic properties of finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.) varieties cultivated in Sri Lanka. Journal of herbal medicine, 2022, 32,100534.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hermed.2022.100534

25. Dushanan, R.; Weerasinghe, S.; Dissanayake, D. P.; Senthilinithy, R. Implication of Ab-Initio, QM/MM, and molecular dynamics calculations on the prediction of the therapeutic potential of some selected HDAC inhibitors. Mol. Sim. 2022, 1-12.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08927022.2022.2097672

26. Mahendran, G.; Jayasinghe, O. T.; Thavakumaran, D.; Arachchilage, G. M.; Silva, G. N. Key Players in Regulatory RNA Realm of Bacteria. Biochem. Biophys. Rep. 2022, 30, 101276.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrep.2022.101276

27. Dushanan, R.; Weerasinghe, S.; Dissanayake, D. P.; Senthilinithy, R. Cracking a cancer code histone deacetylation in epigenetic: the implication from molecular dynamics simulations on efficacy assessment of histone deacetylase inhibitors. J. Biomol. Struct. Dyn. 2022, 40, 2352- 2368
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/07391102.2020.1838328

28. Ohki, Y.; Munakata, K.; Hara, R.; Kachi, K.; Uchida, K.; Tada, M.; Cramer, R. E.; Sameera, W. M. C.; Takayama, T.; Sakai, Y.; Kuriyama, S.; Nishibayashi, Y.; Tanifuji, K. Nitrogen reduction by the Fe sites of synthetic [Mo 3 S 4 Fe] cubes. Nature, 2022, 607, 86-90.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04848-1

29. Samaranayaka, D. W. S.; Abeysekara, W. K. S. M.; Hewajukige, I. G. N.; Somasiri, H. P. P.; Mahanama, K. R. R.; Senanayake, D. M. J. B. S.; Premakumara, G. A. S. Fatty acid profiles of selected traditional and new improved rice varieties of Sri Lanka. J. Food. Compost. Anal. 2022, 112, 104686.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2022.104686

30. [Review] Sameera, W. M. C.; Senevirathne, B.; Nguyen, T.; Oba, Y.; Ishibashi, A.; Tsuge, M.; Hidaka, H.; Watanabe, N. Modelling the radical chemistry on ice surfaces: an integrated quantum chemical and experimental approach. Front. Astron. Space Sci. 2022, 9, 890161.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fspas.2022.890161

31. Liyanaarachchi, G. D.; Perera A. S.: Samarasekara, J. K. R. R.; Mahanama, K. R. R.; Hemalal, K. D. P.; Dlamini, S.; Perera, H. D. S. M.; Alhadidi, Q.; Shah, Z, A.; Tillekeratne, L. M. V. Bioactive constituents isolated from the Sri Lankan endemic plant Artocarpus nobilis and their potential to use in novel cosmeceuticals. Ind. Crops. Prod. 2022, 184, 115076.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2022.115076

32. [Book Chapter] Sameera, W. M. C.; Takeda, Y.; Ohki, Y. Transition metal catalyzed cross- coupling and nitrogen reduction reactions: lessons from computational studies. Advances in Organometallic Chemistry, 78 th Ed; Academic Press, 2022; pp 35-78.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.adomc.2022.03.002

33. Chandrasiri, G. U.; Mahanama, K. R. R.; Manthilaka, K.; Arachchige, P. S. P.; Liyanage, R. C. M. An assessment on toxic and essential elements in rice consumed in Colombo, Sri Lanka. J. Appl. Biol. Chem. 2022, 65, 1-9.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13765-022-00689-8

34. [Book]: Jayakody, T. A.; Beginner's Guide to Mammalian Cell Culture; Bluerose: India, 2022.

35. Karunarathna, S.; Somasiri, H. P. P. S.; Mahanama, K. R. R. Seasonal variation on mineral profile in rice varieties of Sri Lanka. J. Food. Compost. Anal. 2022, 108,104447.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2022.104447