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. 1985 Jun 1;228(2):525–527. doi: 10.1042/bj2280525

Fresh non-fruit latex of Carica papaya contains papain, multiple forms of chymopapain A and papaya proteinase omega.

K Brocklehurst, E Salih, R McKee, H Smith

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