Journal of Horticulture
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Department of Horticulture, School of Agriculture, Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India

Publications

• Review Article   
  Industrial Applications of Using Papaya and Various Parts of the Plant as a Source of Proteolytic Enzymes Papaya and Its Applications
  Author(s): Anis Mirza*, Akula Srujana, N. Navya Priya and Victoria Joan Johnson
  
  Carica papaya Linn is commonly called as pawpaw and belongs to family Caricaceae. A well-known popularly fruit worldwide consumed for its food and its nutritional values. In traditional system of medicine papaya fruit properties and other parts of plants are also known. Worldwide as a processed product and fresh fruit and vegetable it is consumed. Papaya fruit is healthy and delicious and it consists medicinal properties to the whole plant parts such as fruit, bark, seeds, peel, pulp, roots consists active substances which are biologically important its application in pharmaceutical industry. Due to high content of proteolytic enzymes which are predominantly isolated like chymopapain and papain which have antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal properties and it also owed with many benefits and high content of vitamin A, B, C, iron and fiber, thiamine. Papaya latex consists of p.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2376-0354.23.10.002

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