Papaya Biology, Cultivation, Production and Uses

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The latex can also cause marked oedema and haemorrhagic placentas which bleed
and haemorrhage from the edge of the placenta and can result in severe complica-
tions in pregnancy and result in an early delivery (Aravind et al. 2013). Therefore,
ripe fruits may be eaten by pregnant women after removing seed and other placen-
tal parts. Pulp of ripe fruit contains low amounts of anti-nutritional factors such
as tannin, phytate and oxalate-creating fewer incompatibility problems. The ripe
fruits are also poor source of benzyl glucosinolate (BG) and benzyl isothiocyanate
(BITC) toxicants (Li et al. 2012).

TABLE 16.6

Response of Eating Raw Papaya Fruit as

Promotive Therapy (PT) in Hydrocele Patients

Treatment

Number of

Respondents

Hydrocele

Patients (%)

Preference for

Fruit Eating (%)

Labourers 72 43.06a 59.72b

Farmers 311 32.80b 70.74a

Average — 34.73 68.67

Source: Adapted from Saran, P. L. et al., 2015, Indian Journal of

Traditional Knowledge, 14(1): (in press).

Note: Means with the same letter (superscript) in the columns

showing hydrocele patient and preference for fruit eating

(%) do not differ significantly (P = 0.05) based on the

Duncan Multiple Range Test.

TABLE 16.5

Response of Different Supportive Therapies (ST) in Jaundice

Patients

Treatment Respondents

Recovery

Duration (days) Rank

Medical treatment (MT) 120 30 a V

MT + Unripe fruit (ST) 72 24 b I

MT + Raw fruit latex in batasa (ST) 11 25 b II

MT + Curd (ST) 19 28 a III

MT + Sweet (Rasgulla) (ST) 18 28 a IV

Source: Adapted from Saran, P. L. et al., 2015, Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge,

14(1): (in press).

Note: Means with the same letter (superscript) in the columns show recovery

durations not significantly different (P = 0.05) based on the Duncan Multiple

Range Test.