The fruits, leaves and latex are all used medicinally. The fruit is usually pear-sized and has a central cavity filled with edible, pea-sized seed, Which are said to have a similar flavor as capers. Papaya Leaves are cooked and considered a green vegetable and are a rich source of gummy, milky, white latex that contains the powerful enzyme, Papain. This protein-dissolving substance is an excellent remedy for stomach and digestive disorders.

Papain is so powerful that Papaya Leaves have been wrapped around meats to break down the fibers and tenderize them. It is included in commercial preparations as a meat tenderizer and often used for that purpose in restaurants, and it also used commercially in chewing gums and as a stabilizing agent that is used to clarify beer.

Papaya Leaves were even fed to animals to tenderize their flesh. Some of Papaya Leaf’s constituents include the fermenting agent myrosin, alkaloids, rutin, resin, tannins, carpaine, dehydrocarpaines, pseudocarpaine, flavonols, benzylglucosinolate, linalool, malic acid, methyl salicylate, another enzyme, chymopapain (latex and exudates), calcium, iron , magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, potassium, zinc, beta carotene, B-vitamins and vitamins A, C and E.

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