Plant biotechnology department, dalat institute of biology, 116 xo viet nghe. An overview vijay yogiraj, pradeep kumar goyal, chetan singh chauhan, anju goyal, bhupendra vyas abstract papaya carica papaya linn is commonly called as pawpaw and it belongs to the family caricaceae. In some parts of the world, specially australia and some islands of the west indies, it is known as papaw, or pawpaw, names which are better limited to the very different, mainly wild asimina triloba dunal, belonging to the annonaceae. Carica papaya seeds carica papaya, papaya, pawpaw, fruta bomba caricaceae plant world seeds.
The plant contains many biologically active compounds, whose concentrations differ in the root, fruit, latex, and leaves. Carica papaya is a source of calcium and an excellent source of vitamins a and c. The results in table 2 and 3 showed that carica papaya extracts were minimal toxic and showed antihiv1 activity. Carica papaya foi a primeira fruteira transgenica a ter o seu genoma integralmente sequenciado. Aqueous extract of carica papaya leaves exhibits antitumor. The highland papayas, vasconcellea, are considered the nearest relatives to carica papaya although the relationship is not close aradhya et al. Background carica papaya, treelike herb, is cultivated in more than 50 tropical and subtropical countries in the world. The leaves of carica papaya have been used as remedy for various disorders, including cancer.
Nuts and seeds in health and disease prevention, 2011. The fruit is commonly spherical to cylindrical in form, is 75 to 500 mm 3 to 20 inches or even more in length, and sometimes weighs as much as 9 to 11. Nutraceutical potential of carica papaya in metabolic syndrome. The fruit is consumed worldwide as fresh fruit and vegetable or used as processed product. Traditional and medicinal uses of carica papaya aravind. This document provides an overview of baseline biological information relevant to risk assessment of genetically modified forms of the species that may be released into the australian environment. Medicinal plants have played an essential role in the development of human culture. Originally derived from the southern part of mexico, carica papaya is a perennial plant, and it is presently distributed over the whole tropical area. Carica papaya a herbal medicine arun kumar srivastava1, vinay kumar singh2 1shri guru goraksha nath degree college, maharajganj, u. Even papaina digestive enzyme found in papaya is extracted, dried as a powder and used as an aid in digestion.
Analisis del perfil metabolico en carica papaya durante. Its origin is in the tropics of the americas, perhaps from central america and southern mexico. Papaya caracteristicas, fruto, propiedades y beneficios. Papaya carica papaya is a succulent tropical fruit widely consumed as fresh fruit and juices, which generates 1232% waste in seed form, and although there are a number of reports about its beneficial health. Carica papaya, belongs to the family of caricaceae, and several species of caricaceae have been used as remedy against a variety of diseases mello et al. Cytotoxicity of the carica papaya aerial parts extracts was carried out by using mtt colormetric methods. Plant cysteine proteinases cps from carica papaya kill parasitic and freeliving nematodes in vitro by hydrolysis of the worm cuticle, a mechanism that is different to all commercially available. The fruit is healthy and delicious and the whole plant parts including fruit, root, bark, peel, seeds and pulp are also known to have medicinal properties. In this paper, we demonstrate that the aqueousextracted fraction of carica papaya leaf has several in vitro biological effects. Papaya are generally grown from shoots, seeds and tissue culture. Traditional and medicinal uses of carica papaya article pdf available in journal of medicinal plants studies 11. Carica papaya seeds carica papaya, papaya, pawpaw, fruta. It is a herbaceous perennial plant, with a milky latex that can reach 12 m in height.
Phytochemical screening of the polar extracts of carica. The pulp contains vitamins a, c, and e, b complex vitamins, such as pantothenic acid and folate, and minerals, such as magnesium and potassium, as well as food fibers. Papaya are also refered to as papaya, pawpaw, malakor, loko, ma kuai thet, du du. Papaya helps in the digestion of proteins as it is a rich source of proteolytic enzymes.
Papaya is commonly known for its food and nutritional values throughout the world. Characterization of papaya peptidase a as a cysteine proteinase of carica papaya l. Carica papaya, the papaya, pawpaw or fruta bomba, is a fruit tree that comes from subhumid tropical regions of south america and central america, especially mexico, where, in the open ground it often reaches up to 8 meters high and 4 meters wide. Review on nutritional, medicinal and pharmacological. The medicinal properties of papaya fruit and other parts of the plant are also well known in traditional system of medicine. It is a medicine for dyspepsia, hyperacidity, dysentery and constipation. It has a yearround fruit production, and each fruit weighs between and 3000 g figure 1. India 2malacology laboratory, department of zoology, ddu gorakhpur university, gorakhpur, u. The very juicy flesh is deep yellow or orange to salmoncoloured. Carica papaya is a tropical and subtropical plant belongs to caricaceae family, it is a perennial herb having life span of a bout 20 years, eac h and every part of papa ya plant is. Pdf medicinal uses of carica papaya medicinal uses of. Carica papaya, commonly called papaya, is a small, frosttender, succulent, broadleaf evergreen tree that bears papaya fruits throughout the year. The fruit is consumed worldwide as fresh fruit and as a vegetable or used as. Since, each part of papaya tree possesses economic value, it is grown on commercial scale.
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