| [English Name] | Papaya | |
| [Chinese Name] | 番木瓜 | |
| [Pinying Name] | Fanmugua | |
| [Latin Name] | Carica papaya | |
| [Genera] | Caricaceae | |
| [Efficacy] | xiaoshiyao | |
| [Pictures] | Plant picture | Drug picture |
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| [Ecology] | It prefers high tempareture、more wet tropical climate,doesn’t resistant to cold, falls and scatters when encountering frost,because of shallow root system,avoids Strong winds and water as taboos.There is not strict damand of geotherm,can be planted both in hills and moutains,strong adaptability to soil,but the loose and fertile sandy soil or loam is optimum. | |
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1. The water, chloroform extracts of Carica papaya Linn. seeds have anti-fertility effect on male rats[1,2]. 2. The fruit, seed, juice and the latex of unripe papaya could inhibit the growth of microorganism, for example, Bacillus subtillis, escherichia coli, staphylococcus aureus, proteus, pseudomonas, pneumobacillus, fungus and so on. Carpaine also exhibits killing effect on amebae, roundworm and trichurid[3-5]. 3. Carica papaya possesses free radical scavenging and antioxidant actions[6]. 4. The papain isolated from Carica papaya could improve digestion and be used in gastritis and dyspepsia. It could also be used in hypersensitivity disease[3,7]. |
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1. Lumbago 2. Stone heel symdrome (inflammation of heels) 3. Centipede bite 4. Trench foot for many years 5. Infantile eczema 6. Gastropathy, and indigestion 7. Enterobiasis 8. Parasitic disease in intestines caused by tapeworm, roundworm, etc. 9. Scanty breast milk |
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Pharmacological actions: [1]Lohiya NK, Goyal RB. Anti-fertility investigations on the crude chloroform extract of Carica papaya Linn. seeds in male albino rats. Indian J Exp Biol. 1992,30(11):1051-1055. [2] Anti-fertility investigations on the water extract of Carica papaya seeds in male rats. Chinese Traditional and Herbal Drugs, 1995,26(2):82. [3] [4]Osato JA, Santiago LA, Remo GM, et al. Anti-microbial and antioxidant activities of unripe papaya. Life Sci.1993;53(17):1383-1389. [5]Giordani R, Siepaio M, Moulin-TraffortJ, et al. Anti-fungal action of Carica papaya latex: isolation of fungal cell wall hydrolysing enzymes. Mycoses. 1991,34(11-12):469-477. [6]Santiago LA, Osato JA, Hiramatsu M, et al. Free radical scavenging action of Bio-catalyzeralpha. rho No.11 (Bio-normalyzer) and its by-product. Free RadicBiol Med. 1991;11(4):379-383. [7] Hornick CA, Sanders LI, Lin YC. Effect of carpaine, a papayaalkaloid, on the circulatory function in the rat. Res CommunChem Pathol Pharmacol. 1978 ,22(2):277-289. |
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