“…Rosa canina L. (Rosaceae; RC) is one of the Mediterranean traditional medicinal herbs, the ripe fruits of which contain high phenolic and flavonoid contents, fatty acids, carotenoids, ascorbic acid, triterpenes and minerals, including K, P, Mg, Ca and Fe (Demir & Özcan, ; Montazeri, Baher, Mirzajani, Barami, & Yousefian, ). Studies have shown that RC has different therapeutic properties, including antioxidant, anti‐inflammatory, anti‐diabetic, antimicrobial, anti‐cancer and immunomodulatory effects (Chrubasik, Roufogalis, Müller‐Ladner, & Chrubasik, ; Fattahi, Jamei, & Hosseini Sarghein, ; Jiménez et al., ; Orhan, Hartevioğlu, Küpeli, & Yesilada, ; Rovná, Petrová, Terentjeva, Cerná, & Kacániová, ; Tayefi‐Nasrabadi, Sadigh‐Eteghad, & Aghdam, ). Rosa canina has been used traditionally as tea for treatment of viral infections and influenza, prevention and alleviation of different ailments, such as rheumatic diseases, diabetes, inflammation, gout, kidney disorders, sciatica, fever and cold (Rahimi, Sadigh‐Eteghad, Dehnad, Mahmoudi, & Baradaran, ; Sadigh‐Eteghad et al., ).…”