Phytochemical diversity of Rosa canina L. populations in Croatia

Grdiša, Martina; Žlabur, Jana Šic; Varga, Filip; Bosilj, Patricija; Skendrović-Babojelić, Martina; Klepo, Tatjana; Šatović, Zlatko

doi:10.33320/maced.pharm.bull.2022.68.04.023

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“…Rosa spp. are native to cold and highland areas but demonstrate high environmental adaptability, as they are widespread plants in different climate regions such as Turkey [ 4 , 18 , 19 , 20 ], Slovakia [ 21 ], Serbia [ 14 , 22 , 23 ], Croatia [ 24 , 25 ], Romania [ 26 ], or Lithuania [ 10 , 12 , 13 ].…”

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Changes in Pomological and Physical Parameters in Rosehips during Ripening

Medveckienė

Levickienė

Vaitkevičienė

et al. 2023

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Rosehips of various Rosa spp. are well known for having human health-promoting compounds like mineral nutrients, vitamins, fatty acids, and phenolic compounds. However, little is known about rosehip characteristics which describe the fruit quality and may indicate appropriate harvest times. Our study evaluated the pomological (width, length, and weight of fruits, flesh weight, and seed weight), texture, and CIE colour parameters (L*, a*, and b*), chroma (C), and hue angle (h°) of rosehip fruits of Rosa canina, Rosa rugosa, and genotypes of Rosa rugosa ‘Rubra’ and ‘Alba’, harvested at five ripening stages (I–V). The main results revealed that genotype and ripening stage significantly affected parameters. The significantly longest (R. canina) and widest fruits (R. Rugosa) were measured at ripening stage V. Genotypes of R. rugosa ‘Rubra’ and ‘Alba’ had significantly higher fruit and flesh weights at ripening stage V. Rosehips of all investigated genotypes expressed darkness (lower L*) during ripening, and had the highest hue angle h° values at ripening stage I while the lowest was at stage V. The significantly lowest skin elasticity of rosehips was found at stage V. However, R. canina was distinguished by the highest fruit skin elasticity and strength. As our results show, the desired pomological, colour, and texture features of various species and cultivars rosehips can be optimised according to the harvest time.

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