Carica papaya leaves contain various phytoconstituents like tannins, cardiac glycosides saponins, and alkaloids. The alkaloids pseudocarpaine , carpaine , and dehydrocarpaine I and II have a protective effect on the bone marrow. It prevents its destruction and improves its ability to produce platelets. It prevents platelet destruction in the blood.
Carica papaya leaves promote the formation of blood cellular components or haemopoiesis, especially the myeloblasts and megakaryocytes in the bone marrow. There is an apparent increase in platelet count among Dengue patients after administration of Papaya leaf extracts from Ayurvedic studies. Comment- Maybe it is worth pursuing in isolating the specific molecule apparently responsible for the change in platelet count- under Pharmaceutical Research. Crude extracts in the present form could bring in undesirable side-effects in terms of…
