Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An enzyme obtained from the unripe fruit of the papaya that catalyzes the lysis of proteins, used especially as a meat tenderizer and digestive aid and formerly in medicine as a topical treatment for wounds.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A proteolytic ferment obtained from the half-ripe fruit of the papaw-tree, Carica papaya.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physiol. Chem.) A proteolytic ferment, like trypsin, present in the juice of the green fruit of the papaw (
Carica Papaya ) of tropical America.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
proteolytic enzyme inpapaya fruit. May aid in digestion and have other health benefits.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a proteolytic enzyme obtained from the unripe papaya; used as a meat tenderizer
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Papaya contains a substance called papain, which is chemically similar to pepsin, an enzyme that helps digest protein in the body.
Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008
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Papaya contains a substance called papain, which is chemically similar to pepsin, an enzyme that helps digest protein in the body.
Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008
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Papaya contains a substance called papain, which is chemically similar to pepsin, an enzyme that helps digest protein in the body.
Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008
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Papaya contains a substance called papain, which is chemically similar to pepsin, an enzyme that helps digest protein in the body.
Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008
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Coz I still don't know what chemical substances are both present in papain and fabric softener which is responsible in softening the cloths.
Archive 2006-10-01 2006
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Both the seeds and the fruit contain an active principle called papain, which is really a vegetable pepsin, that has the effect of greatly assisting in the assimilation of all food with which it is eaten, hence it is a valuable remedy in the case of dyspepsia, and persons who take the fruit regularly are never subject to this exceedingly troublesome disease.
Fruits of Queensland Albert H. Benson
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The skin cream contains an enzyme called papain, derived from the tropical papaya plant.
Market News 2008
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The skin cream contains an enzyme called papain, derived from the tropical papaya plant.
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The skin cream contains an enzyme called papain, derived from the tropical papaya plant.
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The skin cream contains an enzyme called papain, derived from the tropical papaya plant, and is used to treat skin ulcers from diabetes and other causes.
KWCH - KWCH.com RSS 2008
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