An excellent, if rather terse, guide to the traditional medicinal uses of the plants of the region the juice of the fruit is used to treat diabetes and hypertension. Guidelines in using carica papaya leaf extract for dengue. Our products candy view more capsules view more coffee view more juices, syrups, and extracts view more personal care view more. Uses, side effects, interactions, dosage, and warning. The medicinal uses of this particular plants lies in various chemical constituent5. Carica papaya, is a native to the tropics of the americas, but it is now being cultivated in the tropical and warm, semitropical zones around the world. It is reported that it helped in the prevention of diabetic heart disease. It is grown in various parts of the world, including india, tropical america and europe. Carica papaya leaf extracts have also been used for a long time as an aboriginal remedy for various disorders, including cancer and infectious diseases.
Its origin is in the tropics of the americas, perhaps from central america and southern mexico. In this study, dry leaves, wet leaves and dry seeds of carica papaya were extracted with ethanol and hot water and tested for antimicrobial activity against test organisms. While the simple extract of papaya leaves is commonly used, there are some commercial preparations containing papaya leaf extract available in certain countries. In addition to producing delicious fruit, it adds interest to a shrub border or backyard landscape. Carica papaya contains an enzyme known as papain which is present in the bark, leaves and fruit. Papaya carica papaya carica herbal health products, inc. Papaya carica papaya oral side effects, medical uses, and. A downloadable pdf document of a book in prepublication awaiting illustration. Carica papaya leaf extract cple is shown to overexpress alox12 and plateletactivating factor receptor gene which stimulates the.
It is a soft wooded singlestemmed perennial tree, 210 m in height, with a crown of large palmate leaves emerging from the apex of the trunk. When ripe, the flesh is sweet and juicy and similar in taste to other melons. The huge leaves lend a texture that is unmatched by even the most tropical plants. Result and discussion variation exits in the proximate, mineral and vitamin composition among the different stages of ripening. Traditional and medicinal uses of carica papaya article pdf available in journal of medicinal plants studies 11. Nutraceutical potential of carica papaya in metabolic syndrome.
Carica papaya was the first transgenic fruit tree to have its genome sequenced. It contains the enzyme papain, chymopapain which is biologically active and has medicinal and nutritional values. Antibacterial activity of seed and leaf extract of carica. Aqueous extract of carica papaya leaves exhibits anti. It is native to the tropics of the americas but now is widely cultivated in other tropical regions of the world for its edible melonlike fruit, which is available throughout the year 125. It is commonly known as papaya melon tree, pawpaw or papau, kapaya, lapaya, papyas, papye, tapayas, fan mu gua. Pdf traditional and medicinal uses of carica papaya. Papaya also is the name like, edible fruit of this tree, which has black. Papaya lowers high cholesterol levels as it is a good source of fiber 1. Carica papaya leaves have been used traditionally to treat indigestion, as a vermifuge.
A tan to light tan, fine, freeflowing powder, soluble in water with strong pungent odor and unpleasant taste. Read more about the prescription drug papaya carica papaya oral. Evaluation of antidengue activity of carica papaya aqueous. The different parts of the papaya carica papaya linn. The two important enzymes extracted from carica papaya are widely used to cure many diseases6. The melons are usually picked in a green state and allowed to ripen. Papaya, botanical name carica papaya, is an lozenge tropical fruit, often seen in orangered, yellowgreen and yelloworange hues, with a rich orange pulp. The properties of papaya fruit and other parts of the plant are also well known in traditional system of medicine. Bark, flowers, fruits, leaves, papain, and seeds used in the treatment. Nutrient composition of carica papaya leaves extracts.
Carica papaya, also called as pawpaw is traditionally cultivated for fruit. A draft genome sequence was developed for papaya using the highly inbred cultivar sunup ming et al. Papaya is commonly known for its food and nutritional values throughout the world. Papaya farming techniques, cultivation tips a full guide. Does carica papaya leafextract increase the platelet count. Cytotoxicity of the carica papaya aerial parts extracts was carried out by using mtt colormetric methods. Evaluation of nutritional components of carica papaya l. Effect of carica papaya leaf extract capsule on platelet count in patients of dengue fever with thrombocytopenia ajeet kumar gadhwal1, bs ankit1, chitresh chahar1, pankaj tantia 2, p sirohi3, rp agrawal4 1sr. Ginger cultivation project report, farming economics. Papaya possess excellent medicinal properties for treatment of different ailments.
The biology and ecology of papaya paw paw, carica papaya. Carica papaya in the germplasm resources information network grin, u. Carica papaya can be used for treatment of a numerous diseases like warts, corns, sinuses, eczema, cutaneous tubercles, glandular tumors, blood pressure. Guidelines in using carica papaya leaf extract for dengue fever patients. Papaya carica papaya oral side effects, medical uses. The medicinal properties of papaya fruit and other parts of the plant are also well known in traditional system of medicine. Carica papaya is a neutracuetical plant having wide range of medicinal uses 3. Pdf carica papaya belongs to caricaceae family and it is commonly known as papaya.
Subject these test guidelines shall apply to all the varieties, hybrids and parental lines of papaya carica papaya l. Crushing of papaya leaves photo by chandra prakash kala. Antibacterial activity of seed and leaf extract of carica papaya var. Carica papaya cp leaf extract has recently gained interest in the treatment of dengue, particularly in social media networks, and has shown increasing offlabel use in the disease. Each group of 20 male rats was further divided into 4 subgroups of 5 rats. Since, each part of papaya tree possesses economic value, it is grown on commercial scale. All parts of the plant like leaves, fruits, seeds, flowers and roots can be used by humans as food and medicinal purposes. Chemotherapyinduced thrombocytopenia cit is a detrimental side effect of cancer chemotherapy. The latex from carica papaya fruit can be used to cure wounds such as burns and. 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. Role of carica papaya leaf extract for dengue associated. Antitumor and immunomodulatory property of carica papaya leaf carica papaya leaf extracts have also been used for a long time as an aboriginal remedy for various. A comparative study of the efficacy of piperazine and carica papaya for the control of helminth parasites in village chickens in zambia. Papaya is a small, bushy tree with a hollow trunk, large palmate leaves, and oblong smoothskinned fruits melons.
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. To examine the potential role of carica papaya as anticancer therapy, we analyzed in this report the antitumor activity of the aqueous extract of the leaves of carica papaya cp against various. Breeding the papaya carica papaya the modern papaya is the result of plant breeding under cultivation. Based on my clinical experience and clinical research, i recommend that papaya leave extract to be given from the first day of dengue fever concurrently with the usual dengue management. The bioactivity of plant extracts is attributed to its phytochemical constituents. Carica papaya leaves have also been shown to possess antitumor and immunomodulatory effects. Pusa dwarf linn jyotsna kiran peter, yashab kumar, priyanka pandey and harison masih department of microbiology and fermentation technology, jsbb, shiats deemed to be university, naini, up, india 211008. Carica papaya is a plant that is easily accessed and widely available. The present study was conducted to evaluate the antioxidant and immunostimulant effects of the carica papaya fruit aqueous extract cpf, caricaceae against acrylamide induced oxidative stress and improvement of immune functions which affected by free radicals liberating acrylamide in rats. Introduction papaya is a palmlike, softstemmed, green tree. The fruit is consumed worldwide as fresh fruit and as a vegetable or used as.
Resident, 3associate professor, 4professor and head, department of medicine, s. Department of agriculture agricultural research service. Uses of papaya leavesmyriad of uses of carica papaya leaf extracts have been documented in the literature. The fruit is not just delicious and healthy, but whole plant parts, fruit, roots, bark, peel, seeds and pulp are also known to have medicinal properties. The antidengue activity of ple in denvinfected thp1 cells was examined by immunoblotting and flow cytometry. In the present study, we investigated the antiviral activity of an aqueous extract of carica papaya leaves ple against dengue virus denv and its effect on platelet augmentation. Carica is a genus of flowering plants in the family caricaceae including c. Phytochemical screening of the polar extracts of carica. The current study aims at determining the effect of carica papaya leaves aqueous extract in increasing the platelet count in thrombocytopenic rat. Most people would plant papaya for its fruit, but it can make a wonderful, coarse, accent plant in many landscapes. The leaf juice of papaya improved the health of patients by increasing the number of platelets. Varieties resistant to prv have some dna of this virus incorporated into the dna of the. Evaluation of nutritional components of carica papaya at.
In november 2014 he gave a seminar in utar on the challenges facing the papaya industry, in particular, the. Several pharmacologic agents have been evaluated, but their thrombopoietic activity is modest and often associated with unfavorable side effects. The highland papayas, vasconcellea, are considered the nearest relatives to carica papaya although the relationship is not close aradhya et al. Aqueous extract of carica papaya leaves exhibits antitumor. Carica papaya is a tropical dioecious species of the order brassicales with a compact genome 372 mb organized into nine pairs of chromosomes. Dengue disease is characterized by a marked decrease in platelet count, which is life threatening. Chan ying kwok is wellknown for the breeding and development of papaya in malaysia. Effect of carica papaya leaf extract capsule on platelet. 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. Linn seed on male reproductive physiology was investigated. The different parts of the carica papaya plant including leaves, seeds, latex and fruit exhibited to have medicinal value.
This plant has therapeutic uses like antiamoebic, anti. A widely used enzyme obtained from the latex of the fruit of the papaya tree carica papaya, papain is nongmo obtained by drying latex by a suitable method. Cashew nut farming project report, cost and profit. 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. Consumer information about the medication papaya carica papaya oral, includes side effects, drug interactions, recommended dosages, and storage information. Review on nutritional, medicinal and pharmacological. Antiinflammatory and immunomodulatory properties of carica. Pdf traditional and medicinal uses of carica papaya devy. Each tree hortus third asserts papaya is technically a giant herb because it never produces true woody tissue typically has a single, unbranched, nonwoody trunk bearing the scars of old leaf bases. In response to the papaya ringspot virus outbreak in hawaii, in 1998, genetically altered papaya were approved and brought to market including sunup and rainbow varieties.
Hewavitharana school of pharmacy, the university of queensland, brisbane, australia abstract chronic inflammation is linked with the generation and progression of various diseases such as. Carica papaya, commonly called papaya, is a small, frosttender, succulent, broadleaf evergreen tree that bears papaya fruits throughout the year. In total, 271 mb contigs spanning 370 mb of scaffolds containing gaps were assembled from ngs shotgun and bacend sequencing. The very juicy flesh is deep yellow or orange to salmoncoloured. The whole plant, parts, and extracts are used traditionally for the treatment of ailments. Furthermore, scientific studies have demonstrated the biological activities. Pdf effect of carica papaya leaf extract on platelet. Antiinflammatory and immunomodulatory properties of carica papaya saurabh pandey, peter j.