Papain is a proteolytic enzyme from the cysteine proteinase family. It is manufactured from the latex of raw papaya fruits as papaya is very rich in papain. A milky fluid known as latex containing pap...

Papain is a proteolytic enzyme from the cysteine proteinase family. It is manufactured from the latex of raw papaya fruits as papaya is very rich in papain. A milky fluid known as latex containing papain oozes out of the green papaya. The greener the fruit, more active is the papain..