Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activities of Cow Urine

Abstract

Number of plants and animal derived materials were reported to have antioxidant and antimicrobial activity. The present study relates to such precious and holy animal derived material cow urine, which has these activities. Antioxidant activity was done using two in vitro models, DPPH radical scavenging activity and Superoxide scavenging activity. Ascorbic acid was used as the reference standard. The anti microbial activity of cow urine and its distillate was tested by agar well method using the microbes like Escherichia coli, Staphylococcos aureus, Staphylococcos epidermitis, Bacillus subtilis, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Proteus vulgaris. The cow urine and its distillate tested for antioxidant and antimicrobial activities exhibited the mentioned activities and comparatively fresh cow urine was found to be better than its distillate. These results indicate that the cow urine has antioxidant and antimicrobial activities, which supports the claim of traditional practitioners.