Skip to Content.
Sympa Menu

market-farming - Papain

market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org

Subject: Market Farming

List archive

Chronological Thread  
  • From: Adriana Gutierrez & Dennis LaGatta <gutierrez-lagatta AT home.com>
  • To: market farming <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Papain
  • Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 01:41:25 -0400



> Hi, well I am trying to find out about this enzyme
> called papaine. all i know about it is that it is used
> in making pharmacuetical drugs and used in many other
> actions. It is also extracted from the Papao fuit. i
> would like anybody , if they have the info, to help me
> on how to manage and produce it, and any info on the
> machinery used.

I have an old (1950s) Florida gardening book which refers to milking the
sap from the papaya trees by making shallow cuts on the trunks. This
milk is then dried to produce the papaine. Whether it needs any
additional separation or extraction I can't tell you.



  • Papain, Adriana Gutierrez & Dennis LaGatta, 04/24/2000
    • <Possible follow-up(s)>
    • papain, Marie Kamphefner, 04/24/2000

Archive powered by MHonArc 2.6.24.

Top of Page