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Phytochemical examination of the leaves of carica papaya L.

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Routine crude drug assays and tests tor stetoidal saponins, flavonols, tannins, phenols, organic acids, unsaturated sterols and alkaloids have been made on the leaves of Carica papaya L. The alkaloid, carpaine, was isolated and identified.

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  1. College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, USA

    W. F. Head (Graduate assistant)

  2. University of Florida, USA

    W. M. Lauter (Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry)

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Grateful acknowledgment is made to Dr. H. S. Wolfe of the Department of Horticulture, University of Florida, for his valuable aid in obtaining the plant material.

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Head, W.F., Lauter, W.M. Phytochemical examination of the leaves of carica papaya L.. Econ Bot 10, 258–260 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02899003

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