Study of the extraction process of papain from the latex of the fruit of papaya (Carica papaya L.) cv. Maradol

Acta Agronómica

Andrade-Mahecha, Margarita M¹  Morales-Rodríguez, Olga³  Martínez-Correa, Hugo A² 

[1]Universidade Estadual de Campinas -UNICAMP, Campinas, Brasil

[2]Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Palmira, Palmira, Colombia

[3]Universidad del Tolima, Ibagué, Colombia

关键词: Extraction method;    latex;    papain;   

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学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Universidad Nacional de Colombia * Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias Palmira

【 摘 要 】

In this work, we studied the Papain extraction process, from the latex of papaya fruit (Carica papaya L.) cv. Maradol. The variables studied in the extraction of papain were: the proportion of latex:alcohol (1:2.1 and 1:3) and type of drying( vacuum and refractance window) and the responses obtained in terms of enzymatic activity of the enzyme papain and yield of the extraction process. The best result in terms of enzyme activity and yield was the procedure used to vacuum drying and the proportion latex:alcohol 1:3. The enzyme obtained was characterized by physico-chemical, microbiological and enzymatic activity when compared with a commercial sample used as standard.

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC-SA