Understanding the Complex Functional Interplay between Glucosinolates and Cyanogenic Glycosides in Carica papaya

Cyanogenic Glycosides in Plant Foods

Cyanogenic and non-cyanogenic glycosides from Manihot esculenta.

In addition to lotaustralin and linamarin, a novel cyanogenic glycoside, 2-((6-O-(beta-D-apiofuranosyl)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl)oxy)-2-met hylbutanenitrile , two novel non-cyanogenic glycosides, (2S)-((6-O-(beta-D-apiofuranosyl)-beta-D- glucopyranosyl)oxy)butane and 2-((6-O-(beta-D-apiofuranosyl)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl)oxy)propane, and a simple non-cyanogenic glycoside, ethyl beta-D-glucopyranosid...

The Vegetative and Reproductive Structure of Papaya (carica Papaya)i

Anatomical and morphological studies of tropical crop plants are widely scattered in journals and reference books. This literature is all too often inaccessible to students and researchers in the developing countries of the tropics. In addition, the structure of many crops has never been carefully studied. These factors present a significant constraint on the teaching of and research in tropica...

Characterization of the lipase from Carica papaya residues Caracterização da lipase de resíduos de Carica papaya

Lipases from vegetable sources have been the focus of intense and growing research. The use of enzymes from plants has the advantage of employing industrial waste products. Brazil is the world’s largest papaya producer and the market for products derived from papaya is growing year after year. In this study, the authors carried out the characterization and partial purification of the lipase obt...

The Medicinal Properties of the Papaya, Carica papaya L

Quite surprisingly, historians know little about Hippocrates, the physician often referred to as "the father of medicine". However, we do know that he was a strong advocate of the use of medicinal plants to prevent and cure diseases. He recorded between three hundred and four hundred plant remedies in his writing and during the middle ages herbal remedies were passed down from generation to gen...