Protective effect of camel urine & milk against alcoholic liver damage

This research was implemented as 2 experiments to investigate the protective effect of camel urine alone or mixed with camel milk against alcohol induced liver damage in Wistar albino rats, because in Sudan this combination is used extensively in traditional medicine claiming that it can cures a lot of diseases including liver disease and jaundice; 25 Wister Albino rats of both sexes were brought for each experiment and divided into 5 groups. Group 1(control), group 2(ethanol 10%), group 3(Silymarin tablets plus ethanol 10%), Group 4 (mixture of camel milk and urine in exp2. or just urine in exp.1) and group 5 rats were administered with the same mixture of group 4 in exp.2 or a just urine in exp.1 plus ethanol 10%. All treatments were given by an oral intubation, experiments lasts for 28 days, rats were euthanized, blood samples and liver sections obtained. Hepatoprotective effects of camel's milk and urine mixture were recorded and this could be attributed to antioxidant activity or to its chelating effects on toxicants. Drinking raw camel milk and urine mixture was used and found to be safe without any ill effects.

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Ahmed è un veterinario specializzato nella salute e nella pratica dei cammelli, laureato con DVM nel 2007 e M.Sc. of Tropical Animal Health nel 2012 presso l'Università di Khartoum, Sudan. Ha lavorato per molti anni come veterinario e accademico in diverse fasi lavorative dentro e fuori il Sudan. Ora lavora come docente senior presso l'Università di Gadarif.