What are the benefits of papaya?
Anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, hemostatic, anti-mutagenic, anti-tumor, anti-AIDS.
The main ingredients are papain, oleanolic acid, ursolic acid, 92 grams of water per 100 grams of edible portion, 0.4 grams of protein, 7 grams of carbohydrates, but also rich in carotene, vitamin C and a small amount of minerals.
Papaya is a Chinese authentic medicinal herbs, containing flavonoids, tannins, polysaccharides and other pharmacological components, with diverse medicinal effects, but the composition is complex, unstable physicochemical properties. Among them:
Flavonoids is one of the effective components in papaya, flavonoids have a variety of biological activities, with anti-ulcer, anti-allergic, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anti-aging, hypolipidemic, treatment of cardiovascular and cerebral vascular diseases, and activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis.
The study of tannins in papaya has made great progress at present, and it is found to have anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, hemostatic and other pharmacological activities, as well as anti-mutagenic, anti-lipid peroxidation, scavenging free radicals, anti-tumor and anti-AIDS and other pharmacological activities.
Papaya also contains triterpenoid saponins and oleanolic acid, ursolic acid and so on. Modern pharmacology has proved that oleanolic acid has multiple effects such as hepatoprotection, anti-inflammatory, and immune promotion; ursolic acid has multiple effects such as beauty care and anti-inflammatory.