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“ Progesterone (5 mg/kg sc) daily for one month after development of the papain lesion , caused a significant decrease in FRC values; untreated control emphysematous rats maintained elevated values.”
Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine • 1974 | View Paper
“The tropical fruit contains an enzyme called papain which suppresses progesterone , a sex hormone needed to prepare the uterus for conception and to maintain the pregnancy.”