Chemical composition of various part of carica papaya plant are described table 5. When ripe, the flesh is sweet and juicy and similar in taste to other melons. The major constituents of a carica papaya fruit juice were reported as lipids, and. Antifungal activity in ethanolic extracts of carica papaya. The present study was designed to perform phytochemical and physicochemical analyses of carica papaya leaves, and to. Nutritive value of 100 gm of carica papaya fruit are described table 6. Authentic standard comparison with available reference compounds. Resident, 3associate professor, 4professor and head, department of medicine, s. This book also illustrates and describes jacaratia mexicana. Role of carica papaya leaf extract for dengue associated. This fruit contains considerable concentrations of vitamins, bioactive compounds and a lipidic composition that reduces inflammatory markers and. Nutrient composition of carica papaya leaves extracts.
Unless otherwise stated, the material was dissolved in water. Chemical constituents and nutrient composition of carica. Antioxidant analysis of different parts of carica papaya abstract this study was conducted to compare the total antioxidant activity taa, total phenolic content tpc and total flavonoid content tfc from the different parts of papaya tree including their ripe and unripe fruit, seeds and the young leaves. In reference to the phytochemical analysis of carica papaya l. Pawpaw carica papaya belongs to the family caricaceae with over twenty species but only one member of the genus carica is cultivated as a fruit tree, while the other three genera cyclicomorpha, jarilla and jacaratia are grown primarily as ornamentals. An account of the dietary and nutritional composition of papaya, how these vary with culture methods, and secondary metabolites, both beneficial and harmful, and. The basic constituents of the leaves of carica papaya. Pdf biochemical constituents in leaf of carica papaya.
Caricaceae is a genus of rapid growing unbranched small trees, native to tropical america and widely distributed in the tropics. Nutraceutical potential of carica papaya in metabolic syndrome. A product of yeast fermentation of carica papaya linn. It is commonly known as papaya melon tree, pawpaw or papau, kapaya, lapaya, papyas, papye, tapayas, fan mu gua. The fermented papaya fruit is a promising nutraceutical as an antioxidant. Papaya is an economically important fruit crop in hawaii. Rashed 1, gerda fouche 2 1national research centre, pharmacognosy department, dokki, giza, egypt. It improves the antioxidant defence in elderly patients even without any overt.
Bacillus papayae and pseudomonas carica papayae also attack papaya. Botanicals, such as the carica papayaderived ingredients, may contain. The papaya is now cultivated in most countries with tropical climate like malaysia, the west indies and throughout africa. Antimicrobial activity and phytochemical analysis of. Caricaceae papaya originates from tropical central and south america, ranging from mexico to bolivia. The antioxidant effect of fermented papaya preparation in. Sd on the phytochemicals composition and antioxidant activities of carica papaya seeds, a medicinal plant, was investigated. Papaya growing in the florida home landscape 2 trunk. The therapeutic effects of carica papaya leaves are presumed to be due to several active components such as papain, chymopapain, cystatin, ltocopherol, ascorbic acid, flavonoids, cyanogenic glucosides and glucosinolates. The hypoglycemic activities of carica papaya have been previously described for its fruit and leaves aruoma et al. It has been documented in literature for its use by natives of various parts of world and also for its antiinflammatory, antitumour, antidiabetic effects and many others. This work describes biochemical constituents of leaves of carica papaya. Among plants with beneficial properties on health is carica papaya, the wellknown papaya.
The antibacterial activities and chemical composition of. Its origin is in the tropics of the americas, perhaps. Seeds of papaya cultivated in somalia, which accounted for about 16% of the fresh fruit weight, were divided into sarcotesta and endosperm. Reports have also shown that the active compounds present in the stem of carica papaya were active against malasseza species. The melons are usually picked in a green state and allowed to ripen. Effect of carica papaya leaf extract capsule on platelet. Fruit papaya fruit is a berry with a thin, smooth exocarp peel and thick, fleshy mesocarp surrounding an open cavity containing many small seeds. It is grown in various parts of the world, including india, tropical america and europe.
Routine crude drug assays and tests tor stetoidal saponins, flavonols, tannins, phenols, organic acids, unsaturated sterols and alkaloids have been made on the leaves of carica papaya l. Journal of complementary and alternative medical research, issn. The highland papayas, vasconcellea, are considered the nearest relatives to carica papaya although the relationship is not close aradhya et al. Leaves, fruit and seeds of the carica papaya are used as ethno medicine. Pdf phytochemical and antioxidant nutrient constituents. Seven to eight longitudinal incisions were made in order to allow latex to appear and drain in the collecting devices. Papaya is a small, bushy tree with a hollow trunk, large palmate leaves, and oblong smoothskinned fruits melons.
This work describes biochemical constituents of leaves of c. Antimicrobial screening and phytochemical analysis of. Introduction to papaya, carica papaya, as a food of the. Anticancer activity of carica papaya extracts in and. Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the plants classification report. Dengue fever treatment with carica papaya leaves extracts ncbi. Papaya leaves have been used in the treatment of various ailments 2. Review on nutritional, medicinal and pharmacological.
Pdf chemical composition of leaves, fruit pulp and seeds. Carica papaya constituents exhibit alkaline combination, as with borax or potassium carbonate and they have showed good results in treatment of warts, corns, sinuses, eczema, cutaneous tubercles and other hardness of the skin, and also injected into. Bunchytop, cucumber mosaic, ringspot, waialua virus, yellow crinkle and leafcurl ag. N2 1dept of plant science and biotechnology, abia state university, uturunigeria. Drying methods had significant p pulp and seeds of c. Ripe papaya is consumed fresh as a dessert fruit while green unripe papaya is added into fresh salads. The plant carica papaya was used for this project work and it was identified as pawpaw leaf. Chemical composition of papaya carica papaya seeds. Carica papaya reported only the presence of saponins. Oil extract showed very high levels of oleic and palmitic acids.
Bisexual hermaphroditic plants possess perfect flowers held on a much reduced cyme in the leaf axils along the trunk. Anticancer activity of carica papaya extracts in vito and phytochemical analysis khaled n. Phytochemical screening and hypoglycemic activity of. Biochemical properties in peel, pulp and seeds of c. Drying methods had significant p of the seeds, with freezedrying. It is highly ab the total dietary fibre content of ripe fruit varies undant and is commonly known as pawpaw in from 11. Since, each part of papaya tree possesses economic value, it is grown on commercial scale. Evaluation of nutritional components of carica papaya l. The seed is a rich source of proteins 278% undefatted, 444% defatted, lipids 283% undefatted and crude fibre 226% undefatted, 318% defatted.
This fruit, however, is now found yearround throughout tropical and equatorial regions. This fruit contains considerable concentrations of vitamins, bioactive compounds and a lipidic composition that reduces inflammatory markers and antiplatelet aggregation, protects against thrombogenesis and oxidative stress, and prevents hypercholesterolemiafactors that can be triggered by obesity 4, 5. Preparation of plant material the pawpaw leaf carica papaya was separately extracted with cold ethanol, cold methanol and hot water. Papaya is the most widely cultivated and best known species.
It has been documented in literature for its use by natives of various parts of world and also for its antiinflammatory. This family comprises of 31 species in the four genera. These were then collected in a sterile polythene bag, rinsed, sundried and made into a powdery form before use. The fruit and juice are consumed for gastrointestinal ailments. The medicinal properties of papaya fruit and other parts of the plant are also well known in traditional system of medicine. About four species are found of which carica papaya, linn. The proximate composition of the extract made from carica papaya leaves was determined by using association of official analytical chemists aoac 8 and the moisture, crude protein, crude fat, total ash, crude fibre and carbohydrate content were determined.
Cytotoxicity of the carica papaya aerial parts extracts was carried out by using mtt colormetric methods. Production and marketing problems of papaya growers in. The decrease in the fiber could be due to the conversion of the fiber, cellulose to carbohydrate which is used during respiration. As a crop, papaya is characterized by high yield and precociousness since it begins scaled production before the first year. Phytochemical screening of the polar extracts of carica.
This study focuses on the latex coming from its fruits of papaya cx variety. Carica papaya leaf decoction, an australian aboriginal remedy, has been. Introduction nutritionally, the major components of carica papaya family. Suggested constituents to be analysed in the unripe and ripe papaya fruits. Biochemical constituents in leaf of carica papaya ethanomedicinal plant of kachchh region. Active phytochemical constituents includes alkaloid carpaine, flavonoids, tannins, cardiac glycosides, anthraquinone free, anthraquinone bound, phlobatinins. Fresh leaves samples of the plant were collected during the month of january, 20 from different parts of bhuj in kachchh district gujarat, india. We will have an eventual separate page on wild papaya. Carica is a genus of flowering plants in the family caricaceae including c. Amongst such medicinal plants is pawpaw carica papaya.
Antioxidant analysis of different parts of carica papaya. Papaya, a juicy and tasty fruit, belonging to family caricaceae is scientifically known as carica papaya linn. The alkaloid, carpaine, was isolated and identified. There were animal studies suggest that papaya leaf extracts have potential therapeutic effect on disease. Okpe oche 1, attah rosemary 1, ojowu john 1, edenta chidi 2, samuel m. Phytochemical examination of the leaves of carica papaya l. Chemical constituents and nutrient composition of carica papaya and vernonia amygdalina leaf extracts. Antimicrobial activity of carica papaya pawpaw leaf on. Phytochemical screening, antimicrobial and antioxidant. Evaluation of nutritional components of carica papaya at. This knowledge is being put to use by cooking meat with raw papaya to make it tender and digestible3, 5.
Effect of drying methods on the phytochemicals composition. Additional sources and suggested readings 1 papaya wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2 chemical profile of unripe pulp of carica papaya pakistan journal of nutrition 4 6. Pioneering work by emeruwa 1982 reported significant antibacterial activity of protein precipitated from ethanol extracts of papaya seed against staphylococcus aureus, bacillus cereus, echerichia coli, pseudomonas aeruginosa and shigella flexneri. The composition of its principal components has been previously reported fibach et al. Fruit harvest produces various byproducts as plants are removed after finishing the production cycle approximately 2 years of continuous production, and immature or. Bacillus papayae and pseudomonas caricapapayae also attack papaya.
These active principles or ingredients occur naturally in such plants bamisaye, et al. Defatted and undefatted seeds of papaya carica papaya were analyzed for proximate composition, some toxicants, sugar composition, mineral content, physicochemical properties of the seed oil and the fatty acid spectrum of the seed oil. Sarcotesta showed higher percentages of ash, crude protein, and crude fiber than did endosperm, but was lacking in fat. Concentration constituents ripe papaya green papaya 1. Its origin is in the tropics of the americas, perhaps from central america and southern mexico. Some species, such as carica cauliflora, and even more,jacaratia mexicana carica mexicana, have a fruit that shares many exterior features with a simplified cacao pod. The results in table 2 and 3 showed that carica papaya extracts were minimal toxic and showed antihiv1 activity. Carica papaya is one of the tasty fruit in bangladesh that called as papaya. Medicinal uses of carica papaya anitha b 2, raghu n 1, gopenath ts 3, karthikeyan m 4, gnanasekaran a 4, chandrashekrappa gk 5 and basalingappa km 1. Pdf phytochemical studies on carica papaya leaf juice. Ogant department of biochemistry, division of biological sciences, university of nigeria, nsukka, nigeria received 15 december 1970 abstractthe alkaloid caxpaine has been isolated from the leaves of the nigerian variety of carica papaya l and some new derivatives of the.
Chemical composition of leaves, fruit pulp and seeds in some carica papaya l morphotypes article pdf available january 2012 with,854 reads how we measure reads. Caricaceae popularly known as pawpaw and more commonly known as the papaya is native to southern mexico, central america and northern south america. The carica papaya leaf can be use to treat numerous diseases like warts, corus, sinuses, ecpema, cataneous tubercules, glandular tumors, blood pressure, dyspepsia, constipation, amenorrhea, general debility, expel worms and stimulate reproductive organs and many as a result. Pioneering work by emeruwa 1982 reported significant antibacterial activity of protein precipitated from ethanol extracts of papaya seed against staphylococcus aureus, bacillus cereus. As a dual or multipurpose, earlybearing, spaceconserving, herbaceous crop, it is widely acclaimed, despite its susceptibility to natural enemies. Carapine, an alkaloid present in papaya, can be used as a heart depressant, amoebicide and diuretic. Pdf medicinal uses of carica papaya medicinal uses of.
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