Papain is widely used in the line of Medical Application, Food Industry, Forage Industry, Leather Industry, Textile Industry, Cosmetic Industry, brewing industry, etc.
Medical Application:
As recorded in the Dictionary on Traditional Chinese Medicine, the papaya contains papain, which can help cure cancers, and kill the lymphatic leukemia cells, probacteria, parasite and bacillus tuberculars, helping diminish inflammation, normalize the functioning of the gallbladder, alleviating pain and promote digestion. Meanwhile, it has stronger curative effect on gynaopathy, glaucoma, osteoproliferation, healing of wound, blood grouping and insect bites. The papaya powder, on the other hand, can help promote the blood circulation in one's breasts and make them healthier.
Food Industry:
Through enzymatic reaction, the macro-molecule protein can be hydrolyzed into micro-molecule peptide or amino acid, thus, the papain can be made into tenderizer for meat, purifying agent for beer and softener for biscuits. Besides, the papain can hydrolyze the animal and plant protein to make high-level nutriments, with the conversed protein for better absorption. This type of enzyme can increase the PDI and NSI of bean cakes and bean powder, so as to make soluble protein products and breakfast, cereal and beverage that contain bean powder. Other usages include: producing dehydrated beans, food for babies, cheese and noncondensing oleo oil, the food that can be easily digested by the patients, purified cider, soft sweets, food aodorizaton, etc.
Forage Industry:
Putting the papain into some mixed forages can greatly increase the availability and inversion of protein, decreasing the cost for forages and exploiting sources of protein. For example, the papain can used as additives in the forages for such animals as pigs, oxen, sheep, chicks, ducks, geese, fish, shrimps, eels and cows.
Leather Industry:
The papain can be made into depilatory for tanning the leathers, making the products smooth and shiny.
Textile Industry:
The papain can be used for processing wool, boiling off cocoons and refining silks. In this way, the products won't shrink and will be quite soft. Since the pain can dissolve sericin but is unable to affect silk fiber protein, it can be used for the refinement of the mixture of bombycine and vinegar fiber, and for the refinement of the Chinese crine.
Cosmetic Industry:
The papain can help dispel taches ad pimples, clean you face, promoting the blood circulation, making you skin healthier and tender. Due to its characteristic of superoxide dismutase ( SOD ) and properties of MT, the papain can keep one's skin from sunburn.
Brewing Industry:
The crude papain is used in the brewing industry for chillproofing beer and lager and the enzyme serum is a very excellent for wort clarificant. | |
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