Nybom, Hilde
- Department of Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Conference paper2015Peer reviewed
Beauty Is as Beauty Does - Culinary and Medicinal Use of Rosehips
Nybom, Hilde; Werlemark, Gun
Debener, T. (ed.); Linde, Marcus (ed.)
Abstract
The ornamental value of the rose flower is well-known, but rose plants have long been appreciated also for their fruits, the rosehips. These rosehips are sometimes harvested from cultivated or, more commonly, wild or naturalized stands to produce juice, dessert soup, jelly and other tasty products. Rosehips of especially the dogroses, i.e., Rosa sect. Caninae, have recently enjoyed a renewed interest due to their very high levels of antioxidant compounds, mainly polyphenols, but also carotenoids and vitamins B, C and E. Other important rosehip-producing species are found in sections Rosa and Gallicanae, as well as R. roxburghii in subgenus Platyrhodon. Medicinal preparations are presently produced and marketed for the treatment of, e.g., osteoarthritis and various stomach problems. The seeds contain high contents of unsaturated fatty acids, which are used for production of oils for skin treatment and as cosmetics. The amount and composition of bioactive compounds in rosehips vary greatly with genotype and environment. Breeding of improved dogrose genotypes or of intersectional hybrids is, however, complicated by the unique canina meiosis, resulting in widely different offspring in reciprocal crosses, and occasionally also producing offspring by apomixis.
Keywords
Rosa; Caninae; dogrose; functional food; medicinal plant; antioxidant
Published in
Acta Horticulturae
2015, Volume: 1064, pages: 137-150
Title: ISHS Acta Horticulturae 1064: VI International Symposium on Rose Research and Cultivation
ISBN: 978-94-62610-55-2
Publisher: International Society for Horticultural Science
Conference
VI International Symposium on Rose Research and Cultivation
Werlemark, Gun
- Department of Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Horticulture
Publication identifier
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2015.1064.17
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/72261