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PAPAYA: - Carica papaya contains an enzyme known as papain, present in the fruit, leaves and stem. The milky juice is dried, extracted, and used as chewing gum, medicine and toothpaste and meat tenderizers.Carica papaya contains many biologically active compounds. Two important compounds are chymopapain and papain that are supposed to aid in digestion. Papain is used to treat arthritis. |
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The levels of the compounds vary in the fruit, leaves, latex, and roots. Papaya has been used for digestive problems and intestinal worms.The softening and disintegrating qualities of papain have been taken advantage of in the treatment of warts, sinuses corns, and chronic forms of scaly eczema, cutaneous tubercles, and other hardness of the skin, produced by irritation, and injected into indolent glandular tumors to promote their absorption.
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| OTHERNAME: CARICA PAPAYA, PAW PAW, KATES, PAPAW,CARICACEAE. |
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