Year: 2018 | Month: February | Volume 8 | Issue 1
Evaluation of in vitro Anti-Microbial Activity of Goat Urine Peptides
Abstract:
Indiscriminate uses of antibiotics have caused microbial resistance and also lead to many side effects. To overcome from such situation plants and animal materials are widely used the treating various ailments having antimicrobial properties. In Ayurveda, goat urine has been used to improve general health of an individual. Therefore, present study was undertaken to study in vitro antibacterial potential of urinary peptides of goat against S. aureus and E. coli. The method employed extraction of urinary peptides from goat urine and subsequently antibacterial activity of extracted urinary peptides was studied by radial diffusion assay technique and microtiter broth dilution method. The results showed good antibacterial activity of goat urinary cationic antimicrobial proteins against test bacterial strains by exhibiting significant zone of inhibition. Thus it can be concluded that cationic urinary peptides of goat possess good inhibitory activities against bacterial strains and can be used to control infectious diseases.
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