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Ichtho Vet® products contain sulfonated shale oil
Many, many moons ago (± 200 million years ago), the area of today's Alps was covered with a beautiful lagoon landscape. Organic materials, such as algae & phytoplankton, settled in layers on this ground. These materials were then converted into an oily liquid containing organically bound sulfur by sulfate-reducing bacteria. Since the 19th century, sulfonated shale oil has been extracted from these rocks.
Ta-da! That's how we get the main ingredient - yonks of Mother Nature perfecting her skills of helping to heal our fur babies today.
The complex process of extracting pale sulfonated shale oil
Sulfur rich oil shale is a kerogen-containing sedimentary rock from the Mesozoic era.
Pale sulfonated shale oil vs povidone iodine
1. Comparable antibacterial effectiveness.
2. Wound healing: pale sulfonated shale oil superior to iodine.
3. Incidence of wound infection: pale sulfonated shale oil superior to iodine.
4. Decrease in pain intensity: pale sulfonated shale oil superior to iodine.
5. Pale sulfonated shale oil is a good alternative to iodine ointment.
Human in vivo study study: Kulenkamp D, et al. Monotherapie mit antibakteriellen und wundheilungsfördernden Eigenschaften. Der Kassenarzt 2001;1:34-37.
Pharmacological properties of sulfonated shale oil
Antibacterial: inhibits germs.
Antimycotic: inhibits fungi.
Antiphlogistic: prevents or relieves inflammation.
Promotes proliferation / granulation: promotes wound healing and cell renewal.
Antipruritic: alleviates itching.
Antiseborrheic: prevents or relieves scaling/dandruff.
Repellent effect: keeps insects away.
Martens J., Gayko G. (2002): Einsatz sulfonierter Schieferöle beim Pferd unter besonderer Berücksichtigung eines neuen, hellen sulfonierten Schieferöls – klinischer Erfahrungsbericht. Prakt. Tierarzt 83, 532-537.