Papaya plant Ascorbic acid content (mg/100g)
Ascorbic acid content (mg/100g)
β-carotene content (µg/100g)
Vitamin E content (mg/100g)
Ripe 45.75 ± 0.54
b
45.75 ± 0.54
b
520 ± 0.06
b
0.25 ± 0.01
c
Unripe
37.77 ± 0.28
c
ND
ND
Seed
14.44 ± 0.39
d
120 ± 0.39
c
4.09 ± 1.67
a
Leaves
85.60 ± 0.01
a
3860 ± 0.07
a
0.39 ± 0.07
b
Mean ± SD followed by different letter within a row are significantly different (P < 0.05).
Data are expressed as mean ± SD (n = 3).
Table 3:
Ascorbic acid, β-carotene and vitamin E content of different parts of papaya extract (mg/100 g).
