Ethanobotonical and biological activities of Carica papaya Linn: A review
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Papaya, traditional medicinal uses, digestive enzymesAbstract
Papaya is widely known as paw-paw belongs to the family Caricaceae. It is generallyrecognized for its rich nutritional values all over the world. All most all parts of the plant are very well recognized for their traditional medicinal uses. Over the last several decades, significant progress has been made in terms of the pharmacological activity and therapeutic usage of papaya, and now is considered to be a beneficial nutritional supplement. Papaya possesses outstanding healing properties andhas been used to treat various disorders.The various parts of thepapaya plant, namely seeds, leaves,berries, andlatex, have excellent medicinal properties. The fruit, stem, and leaf of the C. papaya produce a lot of latex. This Latex from unripe papaya fruit produces enzymeschymopapain and papain which are helpful as digestive enzymes. This article focuses on the Ethnobotanical and Ethnopharmacological details of the Plant.
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