Table 1

	Ripe papaya	Unripe papaya	Seed	Leave
Moisture	85.7 ± 0.3^b	92.2 ± 0.01^a	5.4 ± 0.05^d	75.4 ± 0.02^c
Crude protein	6.1 ± 0.02^d	7.9 ± 0.03^c	25.1 ± 0.08^b	33.4 ± 0.09^a
Ash	5.8 ± 0.20^d	6.6 ± 0.04^c	8.2 ± 0.08^b	11.4 ± 0.01^a
Total fat	0.01 ± 0.05^a	0.00 ± 0.09^a	0.00 ± 0.01^a	0.00 ± 0.01^a
Crude fibre	7.6 ± 0.34^d	9.8 ± 0.09^c	45.6 ± 0.05^a	14.1 ± 0.01^b
Carbohydrate	70.7 ± 0.22^a	64.2 ± 0.06^b	15.5 ± 0.03^d	38.4 ± 0.04^c

Mean ± SD followed by different letter within a row are signiﬁcantly different (P<0.05).
Data are expressed as mean ± SD (n=3).

Table 1: Proximate composition of different parts of CP (g/100 g).