Journal of Animal Research
  • Year: 2012
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 3

In Vitro antibacterial activities of cow urine ark along with Wheat Grass and Aloe Vera extracts in Albino rats

  • Author:
  • Tushar Upasani1, Varsha Sharma1,2,, R.K. Sharma3, Rakesh Sharda2
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 247 to 252

1Department of Veterinary Microbiology, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Rusalpura, Mhow (M.P.), India

2Department of Veterinary Microbiology, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Jabalpur (M.P.), India

3Department of Veterinary Pharmacology & Toxicology, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Jabalpur (M.P.), India

*Corresponding Author: Varsha Sharma; Email: drvsharma04@yahoo.co.in

Abstract

With the development of antibiotic resistant in the various pathogens, the world wide focus is now shifted towards the treatment of diseases without using antibiotics. The traditional medicinal system of India is mainly based on the treatment of diseases with the use of herbs and other products. The cow urine is widely utilized in the mitigation of various disorders. The ark of cow urine and extracts of wheat grass and aloe-vera have been prepared by using standard methods and analyzed to assess the antibiotic inhibition activity by taking various dilutions. No bacterial growth was found at 40% ark dilution. The ark with extracts wheat grass and ark with extracts of wheat grass and aloe-vera inhibit growth at 30% and 20% dilutions of the combinations respectively. Thus the extracts of wheat grass and aloe-vera had synergistic effect in improving the antibacterial properties of ark.

Keywords

Cow urine, wheat grass, aloe vera, antibacterial activity