USING OF CARROT JUICE DAUCUS CAROTA FOR RECOVERING OF UTI IN PREGNANT WOMEN

Fifty one pregnant women have urinary tract infection were tested to isolate the organisms and to test action of carrot juice in curing the infection. In this study Escherichia coli accounts for 54.9% of infections. Other gram-negative rods such as Proteus spp. and Klebsiella pneumoniae are also common. Gram-positive organisms such as group B streptococci and Staphylococcus spp. are less common causes of UTI. By drinking of carrot juice from the patients about 7 days (200ml three times daily), 78.43% of women have been recovered. The antibacterial study revealed the role of carrot juice in the inhibition growth of bacteria, 18mm inhibition zone has been reported against E. coli, 23 mm in case of Proteus spp., 12 mm in case of K. pneumoniae and group B streptococci, and less than that in case of Staphylococcus spp. These results may be reveal to more safety of using carrot juice during pregnancy from the using of any antibiotic that can not be use during primary stages of pregnancy. Because of the long list of chemical constituents and their activities, yet the active material of carrot against these bacteria can not be known.