carica papaya leaf extract

Carica papaya leaf extract is a **plant-derived botanical extract** prepared from the leaves of *Carica papaya* and has been studied as an oral supportive therapy for **dengue fever**, particularly to mitigate thrombocytopenia and possibly reduce progression to severe disease. In the provided public clinical-trial context, it is administered orally at 1000 mg three times daily for 5 days in placebo-controlled randomized studies of hospitalized or non-severe dengue patients. Its mechanism is **not definitively established** as a single-target pharmaceutical mechanism; reported and hypothesized effects in the literature include **platelet count support, immunomodulatory, antioxidant, and possible membrane-stabilizing or hematopoietic effects**, but it should be treated as a **multicomponent botanical extract rather than a precisely target-defined small-molecule drug**.

Brand names

St. George's Carica Papaya Folia Mother Tincture Q

Other names

papaya leaf extractCarica papaya extract