Medicinal & Aromatic Plants
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Abstract

Leaf Juice of Carica papaya L.: A Remedy of Dengue Fever

Chandra Prakash Kala

The dengue fever is one of the life threatening diseases caused by dengue virus (Flavivirus) that is borne and transmitted by mosquitoes. So far there is no effective medicine and vaccine approved for the dengue virus. The effect of papaya (Carica papaya L.) leaf juice in curing the dengue fever was studied. The leaf juice of papaya improved the health of patients by increasing the number of platelets.