Use of cow urine for curing Cancer
Q. Recently which of the following has been said to help fight cancer?- Published on 03 May 16a. Cow urine
b. Powder of cow horns
c. Cow’s milk
d. None of the above
ANSWER: Cow urine
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research(CSIR) has reported that its constituent laboratory namely Central Institute of Medicinal & Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow in a study undertaken in collaboration with Go-Vigyan Anusandhan Kendra, Nagpur have found novel use of cow urine distillate (commonly known as Kamdhenu Ark) as activity enhancer and availability facilitator for bioactive molecules including anti-infective and anti-cancer agents.
- Cow urine distillate was found to possess the property of bio-enhancement of an anti-cancer natural agent `Taxol` (paclitaxel) which is produced in microscopic amounts by the Yew tree (Taxus spp.).
- Cow urine distillate, besides enhancing the killing activities of different antibiotics on bacteria, could also enhance the cell division inhibitory activity of paclitaxel against the breast cancer cell line MCF-7.
- Further, a white crystalline precipitate prepared from the cow urine distillate also showed similar activity as that of cow urine distillate.
