ROSE

Description

Also known as rose gala, French rose or Provins rose, it is a species native to central and southern Europe and western Asia.

It is a deciduous shrub that can reach up to 2 meters in height. It has stinging stems with glandular hairs and pinnate leaves with 3-7 bluish-green leaflets. The flowers, fragrant and deep pink, are grouped from 1 to 4 on glandular pedicels, each flower has 5 or more petals and sometimes form double corolla. The fruits are globose or ovoid and orange-brown when ripe.

Part used

The dried petals and flower buds.

Active ingredients

• Essential oil (0.01-0.04%): geraniol, citronellol, linalool, eugenol, nerol.
• Tannins: 15%.
• Flavonoids: quercitroside, anthocyanosides (cyanidol).
• Phenolic acids: ferulic, caffeic.

Pharmacological action

• Astringent.
• Antibacterial.

Indications

• In topical use it is used in skin and mucous membrane affections: acne, stomatitis, aphthous ulcers, pharyngitis, conjunctivitis, bulbovaginitis, etc.
• For internal use: colds, pharyngitis.

Contraindications

Pregnancy and lactation.

Precautions

No special precautions at the recommended doses.

Drug interactions

Not described

Side effects

No side effects have been described.

Bibliography

-.Monografía de la SEFIT (Sociedad Española de Fitoterapia).

-.Jean Bruneton. Farmacognosia. Fitoquímica. Plantas Medicinales. Editorial Acribia. S.A. 2ª edición.

-.Mariam Puladze, Karen Mulkijanyan, Natela Gogitidze et al. Phytohemical and pharmacological study of Rosa gallica L. georgian cultivar essential oil production waste. GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2022, 19(03), 213–222.

-.Luis A. Vázquez-Olveraa, Alejandra I. Vargas-Segura et al. Physicochemical characterization of secondary metabolites obtained from the aqueous extract of Rosa gallica. Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila Trabajo en Extenso del presentado en el XXXIII CNQA MFS003, ISSN: 2683-1848