Does night blindness occur if we stamp on papaya seed?

Dear Shashnk Shetty, The only thing that would happen if you stepped on a papaya seed is the death of the papaya plant. :) Night blindness is caused due to vitamin A deficiency. read more

So if you have a product marketed as “papaya seed extract”, you need to first ask yourself “how was it standardized” before you can even start to do any research on whether the product is good or bad for chickens. read more

I attached this 2014 paper for you entitled:"New fruit and seed disorders in Papaya (Carica papaya L.) in India". read more

it's pretty common, sometimes when they're not ripe enough there aren't any seeds. depends on when they were picked, and if they're exported to faraway places. i have a papaya tree and sometimes i get one without seeds. read more

Blindness and night blindness are very different. Night blindness is the result of a vitamin A deficiency and it is reversible and preventable. Night blindness does not mean that one is completely incapable of seeing, but rather means that the vision is compromised. read more