Prof. E. Dilip de Silva

Senior Professor of Organic Chemistry, Chair in Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Natural Products Reserch Group 2015-2016

We have a group of talented and motivated researchers including doctoral students, masters students and undergraduates.

Endophytic Fungi

Endophytic Fungi lives within a plant for at least part of its life. They are capable of producing medicinaly importnat secondary metabolites.

Marine Algae

Sri Lanka being a tropical country provide habitats to a large number of marine algae. Secondary metabolites isolated from marine algae have shown a high level of pharmacological potential.

Bio-assays

In bio-assay guided fractionation bio-assays are conducted against clinically important bacteria and fungi in each step of purification of extracts.

 

Professor E. Dilip de Silva

Professor E. Dilip de Silva
Senior Professor of Organic Chemistry,
Chair in Organic Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry (1982), University of Hawaii, USA.
B.Sc. (Special in Chemistry) (1975), University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Curriculum Vitae