Several Fruit Characteristics of Rosa sp. Genotypes from the Northeastern Region of Romania

Abstract

There is great evidence regarding the beneficial influence of rose hips on human and animal health. In this respect, fruits of native populations of Rosa spp. collected from the northeastern part of Romania (400-1060 m altitude) were assayed for nutritional and some morphological properties, in order to select the best genotypes. The results show a great quantitative variability of analyzed genotypes, regarding dimensions and biochemical indicators as follow: ascorbic acid: 866.91 mg/100 g fw (R. rubiginosa), 615.98 mg/100 g fw (R. caesia); carotenes: 34.95 mg/100 g fw (R. subcanina), 24.64 mg/100 g fw (R. nitidula); protein content: 0.47 g/100 g fw (R. micrantha), 0.25 g/100 g fw (R. caesia); total sugars: 17.63 g/100 g fw (R. andegavensis), 11.55 g/100 g fw (R. caryophyllacea). The fruits length, width and dry weight were: 25 mm (R. canina), 12 mm (R. micrantha), 16.5 mm (R. corymbifera), 8 mm (R. micrantha) and 25% dry weight (R. rubiginosa), 38% dry weight (R. nitidula), respectively. The present study demonstrates the existence of a rich rose germplasm source in north-east area, with good biotechnological fruit quality, which recommends them as functional foods according to their chemical contents (R. rubiginosa, R. vosagiaca, R. subcanina, R. canina and R. caryophyllacea) and also as sources for natural colorants in food technology.

Composition of Sugars, Organic Acids, and Total Phenolics in 25 Wild or Cultivated Berry Species

“…On the other hand, the high levels of total sugars in dog rose can be ascribed to high levels of glucose and fructose. Different authors also reported high levels of total analyzed sugars in different Rosa species (Rosu and others 2011). The lowest levels of total sugars in our study were quantified in white gooseberry fruit (185.9 mmol/kg), where a very low sugars/acids ratio was measured (1.57).…”

Bioactive compounds and antioxidant activity of Rosa canina L.biotypes from spontaneous flora of Transylvania

“…Also, Novajan et al [27] reported that the ascorbic acid amount found in rose hip varied between 211–417.5 mg/100 g. fresh pulp, which is in agreement with our results. Other studies reported higher values of ascorbic acid, for example, Jablanska-Rys et al [28] (1252 mg/100 g fresh pulp), Rosu et al [29] (643 mg/100g fresh pulp), or lower amounts of vitamin C between 40–47 mg/100 g fresh pulp [30,31]. …”

Healing incisional surgical wounds using Rose Hip oil in rats

“…The uses of Rose Hip scientifically reported so far are as functional food, antioxidant, osteoarthritis care, antiinflammatory, antidiabetic, cardioprotective, antimicrobial, immunomodulatory, gastroprotective and dermatological applications [17][18][19][20][21].…”