Caricaceae is a genus of rapid growing unbranched small trees, native to tropical america and widely distributed in the tropics. The following is a defined list of terms which are used to describe leaf morphology in the description and taxonomy of plants. The fruit has a juicy taste rich in antioxi the fruit has a juicy taste rich in antioxi dant nutrients like carotene, vitamin c, vitamin b, flavonoids, folate, pantothenic acids. This is not because the plant is unhealthy or under. Table 1 shows the prevalence of the uses of pawpaw carica papaya plant in five selected local governments areas in kwara state, north central, nigeria. 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. 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. During the last few decades considerable progress has been achieved regarding the biological activity and medicinal application of papaya and now it is considered as valuable nutraceutical fruit plant. Consumer information about the medication papaya carica papaya oral, includes side effects, drug interactions, recommended dosages, and storage information. Cam results on the basis of docking results compounds with most negative interaction energy i. Does carica papaya leafextract increase the platelet count.
Carica papaya is a plant that has been reported to possess medicinal properties. Read more about the prescription drug papaya carica papaya oral. Review on nutritional, medicinal and pharmacological. Anti angiogenic activity of carica papaya leaf extract. Nutrient composition of carica papaya leaves extracts.
Use of papaya leaf extract in neonatal thrombocytopenia. Large, palmately lobed leaves with long stout leafstalks to 125 cm are attached densely. If the spider mites are not controlled, they can cause the death of the fruit. Why some papaya plants fail to fruit ctahr website. 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. Also called papaw, or pawpaw, they are plants of the caricaceae family that includes about 70 species. Carica papaya leaves juice significantly accelerates the rate. The melons are usually picked in a green state and allowed to ripen. Many scientific works have been carried out to evaluate the benefit of different parts of papaya plant including fruits, seeds, leaves, rind, shoots, roots or latex 11. Papaya leaf cancer cure papaya leaf papaya tree papaya pawpaw apaya carica papaya originates from tropical american countries. The present study deals with the microscopic evaluation of leaves of carica papaya linn. 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.
The fruits are big oval in shape and sometimes called pepo. Anatomy and ultrastructure of carica papaya leaves core. Papaya is the most widely cultivated and best known species. Traditional and medicinal uses of carica papaya article pdf available in journal of medicinal plants studies 11. The papaya whitefly lays yellow, oval eggs that appear dusted on the undersides of the leaves. Phytochemical examination of the leaves of carica papaya l. When ripe, the flesh is sweet and juicy and similar in taste to other melons.
The alkaloid, carpaine, was isolated and identified. Approximately half the patients received the juice, for 3 consecutive days while the others remained as controls and received the. In costa rica, dioecious carica papaya has been observed growing in disturbed areas and within secondary lowland forests. The structure of morphological and genetic diversity in. Papaya is a shortlived perennial growing to 30 ft 9. 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. An open labeled randomized controlled trial was carried out on 228 patients with df and dengue haemorrhagic fever dhf. Carica papaya is a plant that is easily accessed and widely available. Carica papaya, commonly called papaya, is a small, frosttender, succulent, broadleaf evergreen tree that bears papaya fruits throughout the year. Jun 05, 2012 these results come in accordance with others who reported the effects of carica papaya leaf cpl aqueous extract on alcohol induced acute gastric damage and the immediate blood oxidative stress level in rats, the results showed that gastric ulcer index was significantly reduced in rats pretreated with cpl extract as compared with alcohol.
The morphology of inflorescences and flowers varies with the sex of the tree. Anatomy and ultrastructure of carica papaya leaves. Its origin is in the tropics of the americas, perhaps. The deeply lobed, palmate leaves are borne on long, hollow petioles emerging from the stem apex. The papaya plant develops very fast, taking 3 8 months from seed germination to owering juvenile phase and 9 15 months for harvest paterson et al. Aqueous extract of carica papaya leaves exhibits anti. For instance, some liquid extracts contain 1,000 mg of healing papaya medicine in just 18 of a teaspoon. 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. No stomata were found on the adaxial leaf surface or skin of the fruit. As a dual or multipurpose, earlybearing, spaceconserving, herbaceous crop, it is widely acclaimed, despite its susceptibility to natural enemies. Papaya is a semiwoody, usually singlestemmed plant, widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions. Original article clinical use of carica papaya leaf. The edge of the leaf may be regular or irregular, may be.
Role of carica papaya leaf extract for dengue associated. Laticiferous canals accompany the vascular bundles and extend into the surrounding mesophyll and epidermis. Morphology carica papaya is a dicotyledonous, polygamous and diploid species 9. Salphale shweta and patel bhavisha and bera kinjal, year2016. The very juicy flesh is deep yellow or orange to salmoncoloured. The lower trunk is conspicuously scarred where leaves and fruits were borne. Pdf the floral development and anatomy of carica papaya. Originally derived from the southern part of mexico, carica papaya is a perennial plant 3. Papaya leaf extract is much more potent than a dose of the actual fruit. Pdf anatomy and ultrastructure of carica papaya leaves. Phytochemical screening of the polar extracts of carica.
The papaya fruit, as well as all other parts of the. Carica papaya leaves juice significantly accelerates the. Bunchytop, cucumber mosaic, ringspot, waialua virus, yellow crinkle and leafcurl ag. Various invitro studies have been conducted on cell lines to assess this antitumor efficacy of papaya leaves. Reproductive precocity, high photosynthetic rates of shortlived leaves, fast growth, chapter 2 biology of the papaya plant victor m. Declaration by the candidate i hereby declare that this dissertation, entitled phytochemical and pharmacological investigation of carica papaya leaf. Leaf blade length and width represented the mean values from maximum lengths and widths of six randomly selected leaves per tree. A large ampunt of biomedical research has been done on this subject, including three randomised control clinical trials 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12. K l krishna 1, m paridhavi 2 and jagruti a patel 3 1jss college of pharmacy, ss nagara, mysore570 015, karnataka, india 2rajiv gandhi institute of pharmacy, trikarpur671 310, kasargod district, kerala, india.
Medicinal uses of carica papaya j nat ayurvedic med medicinal uses of carica papaya anitha b2, raghu n1, gopenath ts3, karthikeyan m4, gnanasekaran a4. Nonetheless, it can be used as a last resort in refractory cases. Investigation on antibacterial activity of carica papaya. Papaya is commonly known for its food and nutritional values throughout the world. They eat papaya leaves, therefore damaging the fruit. Today papaya is cultivated in most tropical countries around the world. The leaves of the papaya fruit turn yellow, gray, or bronze. The highland papayas, vasconcellea, are considered the nearest relatives to carica papaya although the relationship is not close aradhya et al. Pdf traditional and medicinal uses of carica papaya. Papaya is a small, bushy tree with a hollow trunk, large palmate leaves, and oblong smoothskinned fruits melons. In diabetes, changes occur in the structure and function of the. In some parts of asia, the young leaves of the papaya are steamed and eaten like spinach. Regression analyses were carried out to find the relationships among the factors.
The highland papayas, vasconcellea, are considered the nearest relatives to carica papaya although the relationship is not close aradhya et. Effect of carica papaya leaf extract capsule on platelet. The papaya tree belongs to a small family caricaceae consisting of four genera. Investigation on antibacterial activity of carica papaya leaf extracts against wound infectioncausing bacteria s. 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. Antibacterial activity of seed and leaf extract of carica papaya var. Morphology, architecture, and anatomy of the adult plant. Such populations can serve as a reservoir of genetic and morphological diversity for this tropical fruit crop. Hettige n12 case series salutary effects of carica papaya leaf extract in dengue fever patients. Herbalpapayas nongmo liquid extract is the highest quality and most powerful available. Pharmacognostic, physicochemical and phytochemical studies on. Papayas carica papaya are trees that can reach up to 9 m in height when grown, but which seldom exceed 2 m in the wild. Phytochemical screening and antimicrobial activities of.
Supply the plant with uniform moisture in the root zone throughout its life, and do not plant in a salty environment. Pdf background carica papaya, treelike herb, is cultivated in more than 50 tropical and subtropical countries in the world. Papaya black seeds have beneficial anticancer effects on pc3 prostate cancer cells journal of cancer metastasis and treatment is an open access journal, focusing on basic and clinical studies related to cancer cell, cell biology, oncology, radiation therapy and radiology, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, surgery, hematology, neuro. Uses, side effects, interactions, dosage, and warning. The principal producers of crude papain are zaire, tanzania, uganda and sri lanka and. Carica papaya leaf extract is now being widely used as a treatment for dengue fever in many countries 1 and in some with the approval of their health authorities 2. Nutraceutical potential of carica papaya in metabolic syndrome. Sanath hettige, who conducted the research on 70 dengue fever. Carica papaya leaf extracts have also been used for a long time as an aboriginal remedy for various disorders, including cancer and infectious diseases.
The study was conducted to investigate the platelet increasing property of carica papaya leaves juice cplj in patients with dengue fever df. There are about 40 species of the genus carica in the american. The highest percentage of respondents is seen in offa local government area while the least is. Fruit harvest produces various byproducts as plants are removed after finishing the production cycle approximately 2 years of continuous production, and immature or. The plant may begin to develop fruits, but the fruits drop from the plant when they are about golfball size. Pdf carica papaya belongs to caricaceae family and it is commonly known as papaya. 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.
Carica papaya, antimicrobial, agar well diffusion, phytochemical screening, zone of inhibition, activity index. Approximately half the patients received the juice, for 3 consecutive days while the others remained as controls and. As a crop, papaya is characterized by high yield and precociousness since it begins scaled production before the first year. Bacillus papayae and pseudomonas caricapapayae also attack papaya. Papaya leaves of adult plants are simple, large, and palmate fig. Carica papaya is a herbaceous plant whose fruits, leaves, seeds and latex are used medicinally. We quantify the levels and patterns of the diversity of naturally occurring populations of c. Papaya has naturalized in parts of south florida as seeds germinate readily. A sample of the carica papaya leaves was collected from amoke lane, university of nigeria and was identified at department of plant science and biotechnology, university of nigeria, nsukka. About the classification report about the classification download.
Classification for kingdom plantae down to species carica papaya l. Antibacterial activity of seed and leaf extract of carica. Pdf the anatomy and ultrastructure of carica papaya l. This plasticity is evidenced by the morphology adopted by papayas growing in multistoried agroecosystems and in highdensity. Review on nutritional, medicinal and pharmacological properties of papaya carica papaya linn. Plant in the full sun for fastest growth and best fruit production. 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. Papaya carica papaya oral side effects, medical uses.
Anatomy and ultrastructure of carica papaya leaves sciencedirect. The genus carica linn is represented by four species in india, of which carica papaya linn is the most widely cultivated and best known species. Fruits produced by this flower are spherical or ovoid in shape. Leaves may be simple a single leaf blade or lamina or compound with several leaflets.
About four species are found of which carica papaya, linn. The use of papaya leaf extract is still experimental till dose, indication and other aspects are well defined. 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. To investigate the potential role of fresh carica papaya c. The papaya with the latin name carica papaya is called paw paw in australia and new zealand. Resident, 3associate professor, 4professor and head, department of medicine, s. Papaya black seeds have beneficial anticancer effects on. Papaya is taken by mouth to prevent cancer, treat diabetes, and prevent recurrence of a viral infection.
Effect of carica papaya paw paw seeds extract on the morphology of pituitarygonadal axis of male wistar rats. Aqueous extract of carica papaya leaves exhibits antitumor. It needs to be seen whether the papaya leaf extract is useful for sepsis. Antifungal activity in ethanolic extracts of carica papaya. Does carica papaya leafextract increase the platelet.
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