April 26: “Bull-shit” also a medicine
 

Sri Ramachndrapur mutt, April 26- An optimist look of “Bull-shit” as a fertilizer or money spinning initiative , concluded dr.D.Jayarama Bhat, the international authority on fungi, at the world cow conference here Thursday.
Presenting his paper, co-authored by Prf. B. Harishchandra Bhat, explained the medicinal value of cow dung fungi hich has immense potentiality in health care and medicine. In the paper titled `an unexplored bioresource of medicine and nutrient producing fungi' in the Gou Vichar Manthana Ghosti(seminar on Cow) he opined that multinational dollar earning medicines have already been brought to market by U.S. based Pharmaceuticals while in India the source of bos Indians- the oiginalcow species is yet to catilize on them.

The copogen content of the dung of Indian breed cows is congenial to the growth of about 350 varieties of coprophilous fungi hich produces various biochemicals useful in treating several dreadful diseases. For example tolyplocladium inflatum, a coprophilus fungus produces cyclosprins the immune suppressers being used during organ transplantations.
Podospora dcipiens produces podosporin an anti fungal antibiotics. Similarly, sporormia pleiospora has the zaragosic acid, an anti cholesterol and anti ageing drug.
Dr. Bhat opond that it is high time Indian drug industry takes to R & D in this regard.

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