Benefit of Papaya

Benefit of Papaya
Papaya (carica papaya) is a plant that originated from southern Mexico and northern parts of South America, and now widespread and widely planted throughout the tropics for its fruit is taken.

Papaya is the only species in the genus Carica. This name is in the Indonesian language is taken from the Dutch, "papaja", which in turn also took the name Arawak language, "Papaya". In the Java language called "Kates" and in Sundanese "papaw".

Papaya, a trunked plants upright and wet, like a palm tree, white flowers and ripe fruit is reddish yellow, it feels like a melon. Tree height can reach 8 to 10 meters with a strong root. Strands of the leaf resembles a human hand.

If the leaf is folded in half right in the middle, they shall see that the leaves are symmetrical. Cavity within the star-shaped fruit if cross-sectional dipoting fruit. This plant is also cultivated widely in gardens because of its fruit, fresh and nutritious.

Papaya fruit eaten the meat, both when young and ripe. Young fruit meat cooked as vegetables (dioseng-oseng). Ripe fruit eaten fresh meat or as a mixture of fruit cocktail.

This herb is also used leaves as a vegetable and meat tenderizer. Young leaves eaten as a salad (after dilayukan with hot water) or used as wrapping knapsack. By the people of Manado, the interest diurap become common vegetables eaten.

Papaya latex (found in stems, leaves and fruit) contain the enzyme papain, a kind of protease, which can soften the meat and other protein conformational change. Papain has been produced in bulk and become a commercial commodity. The leaves are also nutritious juice used in medicine and traditional medicine to increase appetite.

The content of ripe papaya fruit (100 gr), among others:

- Calories 46 cal

- Vitamin A 365 SI

- Vitamin B1 0.04 mg

- Vitamin C 78 mg

- Calcium 23 mg

- 12.2 grams carbohydrate

- Phosphorus 12 mg

- Iron 1.7 mg

- 0.5 mg protein

- Water 86.7 grams

While the content of Unripe Papaya fruit (100 gr):

- Calories 26 calories.

- Fat 0.1 grams

- 2.1 grams protein

- 4.9 grams of carbohydrate

- Calcium 50 mg

- Phosphorus 16 mg

- Iron 0.4 mg

- Vitamin A 50 SI

- Vitamin B1 0.02 mg

- Vitamin C 19 mg

- Water 92.4 grams

Besides papaya also contain elements of antibiotics, which can be used for the treatment without any side effects. The fruits also contain elements that can make food more perfect digestion, besides having the power that can make the urine acid reacts, which is scientifically known substances and violaksantin caricaksantin.

Papaya also contains various substances, among others:

- Vitamin A 18 250 SI

- Vitamin B1 0.15 mg

- Vitamin C 140 mg

- Calories 79 cal

- 8.0 grams protein

- Fat 2 grams

- 11.9 grams carbohydrate

- Calcium 353 mg

- Phosphorus 63 mg

- Iron 0.8 mg

- Water 75.4 grams

Carposide content on nutritious papaya as a remedy for worms. Besides the leaves, roots and sap also contains substances papayotin, karpain, kautsyuk, karposit and vitamins.
source : asianbrain