Abstract Papaya ( Carica papaya ) seeds together with squash Cucurbita moschata was pelleted to be used as dewormer, determine its antihelmintic effects on growing chicken. They were randomly divided into four treatments and replication five birds per treatment assigned using Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD), a total of eighty native chickens. The were: Treatment A - Control (commercial ...

UNLABELLED Dengue virus belongs to the virus family Flaviviridae. Dengue hemorrhagic disease caused by dengue virus is a public health problem worldwide. The viral non structural 2B and 3 (NS2B-NS3) protease complex is crucial for virus replication and hence, it is considered to be a good anti-viral target. Leaf extracts from Carica papaya is generally prescribed for patients with dengue fever,...

A study was conducted to evaluate the protective effect of aqueous seed extract of Carica papaya L. on gentamicin induced hepatotoxicity and nephrotoxicity in Wistar rats. A control group (Group I, n=12) was compared with rats administrated with 40 mg/kg gentamicin, once daily for 14 days (Groups II, III and IV, n=12 each). The effect of aqueous extract of Carica papaya L. at a dose level of 20...

Many lines of genetically modified (GM) papaya (Carica papaya Linnaeus) have been developed worldwide to resist infection from various strains of papaya ringspot virus (PRSV). We found an unidentified and unauthorized GM papaya in imported processed papaya food. Transgenic vector construct that provides resistance to the PRSV strains isolated in Thailand was detected. An original and specific r...

The use of dietary antioxidants and nutraceuticals is one of the strategies often pursued as low cost remedies to reduce oxidative stress for preventing diabetes and its chronic complications [2]. Different parts of papaya (seeds, roots, leaves, barks, flowers, latex, and fruit) have been used in folk medicine to treat various diseases, including diabetes, cancer, and cardiovascular and infecti...

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 breaking of seed dormancy induced by stress [1] is extremely important with regard to the acceleration of germination process [1,2]. Abiotic stress processes, just like high hydrostatic pressure (HHP), are applied in several biotechnological studies, mainly because HHP induces changes in physiological and biochemical processes [3]. Pretreatment with a stress induction tool can be lethal or ...

In this study, we reported the feasibility of using papaya skin extract (Carica papaya L.) as an alternative to enzyme pepsin in harvesting Gnathostoma spinigerum third-stage larvae. From experimental digestion, we found that the different numbers of recovered larvae between papaya skin extract and pepsin were not statistically significant (p >0.05). When the derived larvae from pepsin and papa...

The objective of this work is to present an appropriate set of RAPD (random amplified polymorphic DNA) markers using single and multiplex PCR analysis suitable for the characterization of the endemic Cuban species Carica cubensis and the establishment of genetic relationships with the cultivated species Carica papaya. RAPD markers presented a high level of polymorphism. In addition, the incorpo...