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The ideal papaya to eat is the green and raw one, since it contains the highest amount of papain and chymopapain. Pineapple is also a tropical fruit, and it contains an enzyme called bromelain that breaks down proteins and helps in fighting cancer cells.
Bromelain extract is a mixture of protein-digesting enzymes called proteolytic enzymes or proteases and other substances, extracted from the Bromeliaceae plant family. Pineapples belong to the Bromeliaceae family, and contain two main protein-digesting enzymes: stem bromelain found in the stem, and fruit bromelain found in the fruit. Stem bromelain is the more common source of bromelain used commercially. Bromelain was first isolated by the Venezuelan chemist, Vicente Marcano. Traditonally bromelain has been used as a meat tenderizer because of its ability to digest proteins, but if left on meat for too long, it will turn it to mush.