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  1. Enzyme papain is used with success to
    1. increase meat production
    2. leaven bread
    3. ripen papaya fruit
    4. tenderize meat
Correct Option: D

Papain has utility in breaking down tough meat fibres and has been used for thousands of years in its native South America. It is sold as a component of powdered meat tenderiser available in most super markets. Papain, in the form of such a powdered meat tenderizer, made into a paste with water, is also a home remedy treatment for, bee, and yellow jacket (wasps) stings; mosquito bites; and possibly stingray wounds, breaking down the protein toxins in the venom.



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