The Institute of Agricultural Products Processing and Nutrition, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, systematically reviewed the main active ingredients and biological functions of different parts of papaya

Recently, the bioactive substances and functional food innovation team of the Institute of Agricultural Products Processing and Nutrition, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, published a review article
entitled "Biological Functions and Utilization of Different Parts of the Papaya: A Review" in the second regional journal of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Food Reviews International (IF=6.
043).
。 This article systematically reviews the main active ingredients and biological functions of different parts of papaya, as well as the current development prospects of papaya industry and the research progress
of its storage and preservation technology.

 

Papaya is one of the most important fruit trees cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions, and its production is on the rise worldwide
.
The edible part of papaya has very high nutritional value and great commercial potential, which is widely used in food processing and cosmetics industries; Papaya leaves, seeds, skins and other parts have a variety of bioactive ingredients, with antioxidant, anti-cancer, anti-dengue, anti-malaria, diabetes prevention, insecticide, anti-AIDS and other effects, by many countries used in traditional medicine
.

 

Caozhou papaya is a multi-purpose plant integrating edible, medicinal and ornamental value, one of the four famous specialties of Heze, in recent years, Yuncheng County, one of the "three breakthroughs" counties of our institute, has actively introduced and standardized planted a number of papaya varieties, which has become an important economic resource
for the county's rural revitalization.

 

This article systematically reviews the bioactive components of papaya leaves, species, skins and other parts for the first time, and describes their main biological functions, mainly including its anticancer activity, anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory activity, anti-diabetic activity, gastric protective function, antibacterial effect, etc
.
In addition, this paper also summarizes the application and development prospects of papaya in many industries such as food industry, nanoparticle production industry and cosmetics industry, and provides valuable references
for the comprehensive utilization of papaya from many aspects.
Liu Chao, associate researcher of the Institute of Agricultural Products Processing and Nutrition, co-authored the paper, and the Institute of Agricultural Products Processing and Nutrition is the first property right of the paper, and the paper was supported by the Innovation Project of the Academy of Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences (No.
CXGC2022B07).

 

Article Highlights:

 

1.
The bioactive components
of different parts of papaya leaves, species and skin were reviewed.

 

2.
The anticancer activity, anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory activity, anti-diabetic activity, gastric protective function, bacteriostatic effect and other biological functions of papaya were summarized
.

 

3.
The application
of papaya in food industry, nanoparticle production industry and cosmetics industry is summarized and analyzed.

 

4.
Combined with the development and application of genetically modified papaya and the research on its storage and preservation technology, the development prospect
of papaya industry was analyzed.

 

Link to the article: https://doi.
org/10.
1080/87559129.
2022.
2124415