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AMADHENU
US Patent to Gomutra Distilate Change Global Health Scenario
New Age Kamadhenu
Indian scientists have bagged a US patent for a pharmerceutical composition comprising Cow-urine distilate and an antibiotic a fusion of Indian traditional knowledge with the modern science.
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Cow-urine distilate is a bioenhancer which when mixed with a drug enhances the antimicrobial effect of antibiotic drug without taking away its properties.
This finding will have significant impact on drug usage:
1) First, the use of distilate will help reduce the dosage, thereby the medication for the patient will cost less.
2) Secondly, toxicity of the drug will be minimised; especially in anti-cancer drugs, like Taxol, which have unpleasent side effects. Indiscriminate use of antibiotics leads to antibiotic resistance. A large portion of drugs used fail to reach target site.
3) Third, there are ecological/environmental benefits. Taxol is derived from the bark of the 25-100 years old Pacific Yew tree, a slowest growing
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