Abstract

Natural products obtained from the plant have important role in the prevention and treatment of diseases. COVID-19 is a new type of virus stain and severe acute transmissible and pathogenic virus. Corona virus is a single stand RNA virus. Carica papaya is used in the prevention and treatment of diseases due to their medicinal properties. Carica papaya belongs to the family Caricaceae. According to the researchers Carica papaya is very effective against COVID-19 due to the reduced production of interleukin IL-6 and TNF-alpha in humans and animals, dengue fever due to the weakened thrombopoiesis is generally the result of decreased megakaryopoiesis at the onset of infection as well as anti-inflammatory, anti-helminthes, anti-bacterial, protect the kidney from toxin induced kidney failure, detoxify the liver, sun scream, soothing slave, dandruff, muscle relaxant, stomach disorder or cramps, ant malarial, anti-fertility and antispasmodic etc. Carica papaya contains several chemical constituent like Leaves contain karpain, a chemical compound that kills the microorganism that interferes with digestive function; Papain a chemical constituent is responsible for the manufacturing of different remedies for indigestion and rapidly digests the ascaris. Here, this review tells about the pharmacology, pharmacognosy and various role of Carica papaya in different diseases which may be beneficial in the future based on available published data.

Keywords: Carica Papaya; Pharmacognosy; Photochemical; Papain; Karpain; Pharmacology; COVID-19