Those who are first-time visit to eastern Indonesia (NTT, Sulawesi, Maluku and Papua), will always meet with the vegetable menu papaya flowers everywhere. In this area, vegetable papaya flower is not just an exclusive menu, but daily necessities. Therefore, papaya flowers always seem to be sold in shops and markets. If we look at the physical NTT, Bugis, Maluku and Papua tightly, one reason is the papaya flower vegetable. For according to the phytochemical study of Pharmacy Department Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), the male flowers fresh papaya hanging, it contains antioxidants that are beneficial to health.
The content of papaya hanging flowers are flavonoids, tannins, steroids - triterpenoids, and carbohydrates. The study was conducted by means of continuous extraction using n-hexane, methylene chloride, ethyl acetate, and methanol. Obtained from the methanol extract of the amide compounds and of the n-hexane extract obtained a steroid compound. The results of antioxidant activity assay with a solution of 1,1-reduction method diphenyl-2 picrylhydrazyl show, methanol extract had activity most powerful free radical catchers with EC50 value of 0.3537 mg / mL. Until besides the delicious taste, papaya flowers hanging was also nutritious for health.
In eastern Indonesia, is usually eaten with vegetable taro, taro, sweet potato and cassava. For those who have not been accustomed to consume it, the taste of this vegetable is rather strange. If we can not cook, papaya flowers will taste bitter instead. The bitter taste not only in flowers, but especially on the leaves, and the cause is carpein alkaloid (C14H25NO2).
Morphologically, papaya flower also has a similar shape cornet. The color is pale yellow and white tend to be equipped with a stalk. This plant flowers on the stem but the male papaya, flowers grow on stalks that elongate. Papaya flower typically found in areas papaya tree tops. Papaya flower has a characteristic bitter taste the same as the leaves. This is due to the content of alkaloids Carpein or C14H25No2. This compound was discovered by Dr.Carpein in 1980. Based on further research, discovered the fact that this carpein alkaloid substances can be used to treat heart disease. Thus, one of the properties of papaya flower is help cure heart disease.
Benefits of Papaya Flower
Besides containing alkaloid compounds carpein, papaya flowers are also known to contain tannins, steroids, flavonoids, triterpenoids, natural fiber and carbohydrates. Based on the test kinis, it turns out that there are compounds in papaya flower is very powerful paralyzing effects of free radicals in the human body and also clean the blood.
For get the properties of the papaya flower, patience is certainly required in terms of consumption. For those of you who do not like the bitter taste of papaya flowers, do not worry because there are plenty of scorching to reduce the bitter taste. One way is to boil the leaves of guava papaya flower with water before it is processed into a stir fry and other culinary types. Other ways to anoint papaya flower with salt so that the sap is lost.
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