Submitted by: Maureen A. Camalao (III-Galileo) Submitted to: Mrs.Analiza Barcarse (Teacher) *This product is very useful because it’s not expensive and it can help to our generation. 5. Grind it. 4. drink it because this is perfect cure to cough and fever. If yes. For the best result. See if it is effect to your illness.METHODOLOGY Ingredients: 1. 3. Dried Papaya Leaves 2. . and mixed with honey. Honey Procedure: 1. continuously do it. After mixing it. Get some dried papaya leaves 2. Its trunk. In addition to the large quantities produced by incising the fruit. but the richest supply is in the leaves and in the skin of the unripe fruit. When ripe. however. Shallow cuts made on the surface of fully grown but unripe fruits cause them to exude a milky sap or latex that after collection and drying is known as crude papain. it can "digest" up to 35 times its own weight in lean meat.Only the latex from the unripe fruit is pure enough to make harvesting worthwhile. where the plant probably originated. cleansers. Medically. or latex. and so it is in great demand as a meat tenderizer. or vegetable pepsin as it is sometimes called. .RELATED LITERATURE The papaya plant is a small tree. As a digestive aid. to shrink ruptured or slipped spinal discs.principally in Zaire in central Africa . In its pure form. The enzyme and the papaya leaves are also employed as a vermifuge (expels intestinal worms).Face creams. and cultivated forests are found in nearly every tropical area of the world. and gathering it is a labor-intensive process.A certain amount of papain is contained in all of the plant's juices. it is prescribed for people who have difficulty digesting protein and is used to break up blood clots after surgery. deeply lobed leaves and smooth-skinned cantaloupe-like fruits or melons directly on its surface without intervening branches. doctors and scientists have been studying the use of a sister enzyme.This wide range of activity accounts for the use of papain in folk medicine for digestive disturbances of all kinds but particularly for those associated with protein-rich foods. native to tropical America but found in tropical areas throughout the world. and so on are often formulated with papain in the belief that the enzyme will exert "a digestive effect on freckles and other sun blemishes" while cleansing the pores of makeup and providing a general "softening" effect. especially for tapeworms. is a mixture of proteolytic enzymes with a fairly broad spectrum of activity. and some esters as well. chymopapain. papaya tablets containing between 10 and 50 mg of papain are commercially available. Carica papaya L. which is nonwoody and hollow. is an enzyme that breaks up protein. the fruits are a very desirable food. produces large. contained in the plant's whitish juice. (family Caricaceae).Although groves of wild papaya dot the landscapes of southern Mexico and Central America. Other components of the crude enzyme mixture hydrolyze both carbohydrates and fats. amides. only in a few places . it hydrolyzes not only proteins but small peptides. about 2 percent of papain is found in papaya leaves.Papain. In addition. lotions.Papain.is the latex gathered. Uses of Papaya leaves Papaya's main medicinal use is as a digestive agent. The seeds gently expel worms. The latex has a similar but more violent effect. The leaves and fruit can both be used to support sound digestion (the unripe fruit is especially effective). it acts as an effective tenderizer by predigesting to some degree the fibrous animal protein. The flowers may be taken in an infusion to induce menstruation. When shaken on tough meat before cooking. ulcers. warts. Scientific Name: *Carica papaya . and cancerous tumors. The enzyme mixed with salt as an activator and a carbohydrate dispersing agent is sold in every supermarket.Those who drink a tea prepared from papaya leaves as a digestive aid should be aware that (according to French) the leaves should first have been subjected to a fermentation process similar to that used for black tea. boils.However. This is said to facilitate extraction of the active principles by boiling water and to brew a much richer beverage than is obtained with ordinary dried papaya leaves. The latex from the trunk of the tree is also applied externally to speed the healing of wounds. especially beef.Various commercial applications of papain such as chill-proofing beer and clarifying fruit juices are interesting but beyond the scope of this discussion.The leaves are used to dress wounds. A decoction of the ripe fruit is helpful for treating persistent diarrhea and dysentery in children. The ripe fruit is mildly laxative. the use of papain most familiar to every housewife is as a meat tenderizer. Dried papaya leaves fully grinded and mixed with honey is a perfect cure to cough and fever .