Volume : VIII, Issue : VII, July - 2019

Estimation of Calcium Levels and Antimicrobial Activity of Cow Urine –An Invitro Study

Akshatha S. J. , Chaitra K. R.

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INTRODUCTION:–Cow urine is found to have various therapeutic values. This short study was done to find the amount of Calcium in Cow urine and its Antimicrobial activity on strains of Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, Enterococcus faecalis and Candida albicans. MATERIALS AND METHOD:–Total of 30 cow urine samples were collected in sterile wide mouth containers from 5 villages (Nuglipalya, Gidadakone halli, Ullal–Bangalore rural, Benchkalpalya, and Mudhenpalya). The Cow Urine samples were sent to Robust Materials Technology Private Limited for Analysis of Calcium by Atomic Absorption Spectrometry. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was done by Well–Diffusion method. RESULT:– Estimation of calcium levels showed an average concentration of 363.575 mg/L.63.3% of the total number of cow urine samples tested showed antimicrobial activity against Candida albicans and 13.3% of the sample tested showed antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus aureus. CONCLUSION:–Calcium being a potential central regulator in wound healing in skin and its significant presence in cow urine, in addition to its Antimicrobial activity shows that Cow Urine has potency to be considered for Topical Application in case of Skin Wounds. Further Invivo aswellas Invitro studies need to be conducted to attribute its importance in therapy of complicated wounds.

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ESTIMATION OF CALCIUM LEVELS AND ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF COW URINE -AN INVITRO STUDY, Akshatha S. J., Chaitra K.R. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-7 | July-2019

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