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Qualitative Antifungal Study of Cow Urine (Gomutra) as a Potential Strategy to Fight against Invasive Fungal Infections in Future

Searching of new antifungal lead compound is a great challenge for scientific community. Increasing antifungal resistance and limited number of antifungal drug available in clinical practices are the main reason behind finding of novel source of antifungal agents. Cow urine consider as nectar in India. Research done on cow urine suggests that cow urine have ability to fight against infectious diseases. In present study qualitative antifungal activity of cow urine analyzed against common fungal pathogen viz. Aspergillus Niger, Aspergillus Flavus and Fusarium sp. by agar well diffusion method. The obtained results supported the antifungal potential o cow urine against pathogenic fungi. Present analysis state that detail study of cow urine is required to clarify utilization lead compound against fungal pathogens.

Dhananjay Desai¹, Chaitanya Raorane², Vishal Dhundale¹, and Dipali Shinde¹*


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Ebola Warrants Media Attention but

Infectious disease pandemics cause concern and captivate the imagination in equal measure. Public fear of the unexpected, unknown and seemingly uncontrollable is fostered by news agencies and social media as well as exploited by film and television dramas

Andrew W. Taylor-Robinson