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Caricaceae

Known as: papaya family 
A plant family of the order Violales, subclass Dilleniidae, class Magnoliopsida.
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2014
2014
Biology of the Papaya Plant
Papaya is a semi-woody, usually single-stemmed plant, widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions. The plant is… 
Review
2009
Review
2009
Latex: A Model for Understanding Mechanisms, Ecology, and Evolution of Plant Defense Against Herbivory
Latex is a sticky emulsion that exudes upon damage from specialized canals in about 10% of flowering plant species. Latex has no… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Phytochemical Analysis of Medicinal Plants Used for the Management of Hypertension by Esan people of Edo State, Nigeria
Hypertension is one of the principal health problems in the society and a leading cause of cardio-vascular deaths in various… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
The gastric ulcer protective and healing role of cysteine proteinases from Carica candamarcensis.
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Effects of crude extracts of Mucuna pruriens (Fabaceae) and Carica papaya (Caricaceae) against the protozoan fish parasite Ichthyophthirius multifiliis
The ciliate Ichthyophthirius multifiliis is among the most pathogenic parasites of fish maintained in captivity. In the present… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Phylogenetic analysis of the highland papayas (Vasconcellea) and allied genera (Caricaceae) using PCR-RFLP
The chloroplast and mitochondrial DNA diversity of 61 genotypes belonging to 18 Vasconcellea species, the so-called highland… 
2000
2000
Effect of papaya latex extract on gravid and non-gravid rat uterine preparations in vitro.
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Parallel evolution of glucosinolate biosynthesis inferred from congruent nuclear and plastid gene phylogenies.
The phytochemical system of mustard-oil glucosides (glucosinolates) accompanied by the hydrolytic enzyme myrosinase (beta… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Antifertility Effects of Aqueous Extract of Carica papaya Seeds in Male Rats
Carica papaya 
Review
1980
Review
1980
MIMICRY OF MALE BY FEMALE FLOWERS AND INTRASEXUAL COMPETITION FOR POLLINATORS IN JACARATIA DOLICHAULA (D. SMITH) WOODSON (CARICACEAE)
  • K. Bawa
  • Evolution; international journal of organic…
  • 1980
  • Corpus ID: 19274145
Sexual dimorphism in animals has recently received much attention from evolutionary biologists who have sought to review… 
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