Correlation between Anthocyanin and Essential Oil Content of Damask Rose (Rosa damascena Mill.)

correlation between anthocyanin and essential oil content of damask rose (rosa damascena mill.)

the essential oil of rosa damascena mill. is one of the most valuable and important base material in the flavor and fragrance industry. it has also some medicinal properties. the aim of this study was to determine the correlation between anthocyanin and essential oil content of damask rose petals in 6 important damask rose growing in some locations of iran i.e. meimand, layzangan, shiraz eram b...

Evaluation of Some Postharvest Storage Approaches on Essential Oil Characteristics of Fresh Organic Damask Rose (Rosa damascena Mill.) Flowers

Damask rose (Rosa damascena Mill.) is an economically important species in the Rosaceae family for rose oil and rose water production, obtained exclusively from freshly-gathered Damask rose flowers. Iran is famous for producing organic rose essential oil, mainly used in the perfume industry and for folk medicines due to its healing properties. Due to their high perishability, postharvest handli...

Antibacterial and Antifungal Activity of Rosa damascena MILL. Essential Oil, Different Extracts of Rose Petals

Rosa damascena petals were extracted by water, hexane and ethanol. The latter was further fractionated with chloroform, ethyl acetate and butanol. Rose oil and different petal extracts were evaluated against three fungi and eleven Gram-positive, Gram-negative and acid-fast bacteria. Rose oil and all extracts exerted broad spectrum antimicrobial activities against the tested organisms. The desce...

Investigation on sexual and asexual propagation methods of damask rose (rosa damascena mill.)

Effect of Thermal Period on Seed Dormancy of Damask Rose (Rosa damascena Mill.)

Damask rose (Rosa damascena Mill.) has high economic importance and commercial value. The plant essential oil is used for perfumery, food and medicinal industries. It is necessary to know much about seed germination for study of genetic variation and breeding improved varieties of R. damascena. In this study seed germination of R. damascena were evaluated, using thermal period treatments. The d...

Effect of Cow Manure Rate on Essential Oil Content of Rosa damascena Mill.

The essential oil of Rosa damascena Mill. is one of the most valuable and important base material in the flavor and fragrance industry. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of different rates of cow manure on the essential oil of the rose petals. For this a field experiment was conducted on a clay loam soil at the research farm of Alborz research station, Karaj, Iran. Experimental...