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Papaya meyvesi

Payapa (Carica papaya L.) hem olgunlaşmamış (salata olarak) hem de olgun meyveleri tüketilen şifalı bir bitkidir. Bitkinin her aksamı, örneğin yaprak, kabuk ve tohum v.b., yetiştiriciliğini yapan yerli halk tarafından kullanılmaktadır. Papaya kavuna benzeyen, meyve et rengi sarıdan kırmızıya ve meyve kabuk rengi yeşilden pembeye kadar değişen ince bir kabuk yapısına sahip tropikal bir meyvedir. Papaya meyvesi A, B ve C vitaminlerince zengindir. Meyve, vücudumuzda yeni hücre yapımı için gerekli olan ve anne karnındaki çocuğun beyninde ve omurgasında meydana gelebilecek sakatlıkları önleyebilen önemli bir folik asit kaynağıdır. Papaya meyvesi et yumuşatıcısı olarak ta kullanılan proteinleri parçalama etkisine sahip papain ve chymopapain içerir. Meyve diğer meyvelere göre, örneğin elma, guava ve muz gibi, daha fazla karoten içermektedir. 100 g papaya meyvesi sadece 20 - 30 kalori içermektedir. Bu son derece düşük kalori içeriği, papaya meyvesini kilo sorunu olup ta kilo vermek isteyenlerin favori meyvesi haline getirmiştir. Bu makale papaya meyvesini Türk bilim adamlarına tanıtmak amacıyla hazırlanmıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

soğuklama, üşüme hasarı, hasat, papain, Carica papaya, depolama

Papaya fruit

Papaya (Carica papaya L.) is a medicinal plant having a fruit that can be consumed both unripe as salad and ripe. Every part of the plant, leaf, bark and seed etc., can be utilized by the native people. The papaya is a tropical melon-like fruit that posses a yellow-orange flesh and a thin skin that varies in color from green to orange to rose. Papaya fruit are a rich source of vitamin A, B and C. Papaya fruit is an important source of folic acid required by our body to make new cells and also can prevent major birth defects of unborn baby’s brain and spine. Papaya fruit contains papain and chymopapain proteases, used for a meat tenderizer. 100 g of ripe papaya contains only 20-30 kcal. The comparative low calories content make this a favorite fruit of obese people who are into weight reducing regime. This article intends to introduce papaya fruit to local scientists.

Keywords:

chilling, chilling injury, harvesting, papain, Carica papaya, storage,

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