Carica papaya Linn.: A review on Nutritional and Medicinal Value of Papaya

Year : 2025 | Volume : 12 | Issue : 01 | Page : 67 75
    By

    Payal Rani,

  • Manish Goyal,

  • Mandeep Kaur,

  • Amit Chawla,

  • Mangilal,

  • Vikramjit singh,

  • Ankit Gupta,

  1. Associate Professor, Seth GL Bihani SD college of Tech. Edu. Sri ganganagar, Rajasthan, India
  2. Research scholar, Maa Saraswati Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sitto Road, Abohar, Punjab, India
  3. Associate Professor, Maa Saraswati Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sitto Road, Abohar, Punjab, India
  4. Professor-Principal, Maa Saraswati Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sitto Road, Abohar, Punjab, India
  5. Assistant Professor, Maa Saraswati Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sitto Road, Abohar, Punjab, India
  6. Research scholar, MaaSaraswati Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sitto Road, Abohar, Punjab, India
  7. Assistant Professor, Seth GL Bihani SD college of Tech. Edu. Sri ganganagar, Rajasthan, India

Abstract

Papaya (Carica papaya Linn.) is a popular fruit tree in the tropical part of the world. It is a delicious, sweet fruit with a pleasant aroma. The papaya is consumed worldwide as a fresh fruit and vegetable. which is healthy for humans because all parts of the plant, including fruit, stem, bark, peel, fruit, seeds, and pulp, have medicinal properties. Papaya also has nutritional value and is also used as supplements because they contain various type of vitamins like vitamin A, B and C. The richest producers of Carica papaya are India and Brazil, which produce 50% of the whole production around the world. It also contains enzymes, such as papain and chymopapain that show various pharmacological activity, such as antifungal, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-helminthic, anti-allergic, ulcer protective, and some other activities. Both the ripe and green papaya have nutritional as well as medicinal values, which are used for the treatment of numerous health issues and to control them. As an anti-hypertensive drug, green papaya fruit is used to overcome the mean arterial blood pressure, whereas quercetin is used as an antioxidant. The aqueous extract is helpful for wound contraction and is anti-amoebic and antimalarial. It is used to treat hepatotoxicity, and the extract is valuable as a diuretic. The enzymes belong to the papaya family and are used as anti-inflammatory, along with antifungal agents. The crude extract has histaminergic properties, while the extract of bark is used as an anti-fertility compound. The latex of the papaya plant is used as a hepatotoxic product. The extract of the seed is used as an immunomodulatory agent.

Keywords: Papain, Carica papaya, Nutritional value, Medicinal value, Chymopapain.

[This article belongs to Research & Reviews: A Journal of Pharmacognosy ]

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Payal Rani, Manish Goyal, Mandeep Kaur, Amit Chawla, Mangilal, Vikramjit singh, Ankit Gupta. Carica papaya Linn.: A review on Nutritional and Medicinal Value of Papaya. Research & Reviews: A Journal of Pharmacognosy. 2025; 12(01):67-75.
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Payal Rani, Manish Goyal, Mandeep Kaur, Amit Chawla, Mangilal, Vikramjit singh, Ankit Gupta. Carica papaya Linn.: A review on Nutritional and Medicinal Value of Papaya. Research & Reviews: A Journal of Pharmacognosy. 2025; 12(01):67-75. Available from: https://journals.stmjournals.com/rrjopc/article=2025/view=196020


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Volume 12
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Received 17/01/2025
Accepted 23/01/2025
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