Variations in chemical compositions of Rosa damascena Mill. and Rosa canina L. fruits

Soner Kazaz, Hasan Baydar and Sabri Erbas
Additional contact information
Soner Kazaz: Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Forestry, University of Suleyman Demirel, Isparta, Turkey
Hasan Baydar: Department of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Suleyman Demirel, Isparta, Turkey
Sabri Erbas: Department of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Suleyman Demirel, Isparta, Turkey

Czech Journal of Food Sciences, 2009, vol. 27, issue 3, 178-184

Abstract: In this study, fruits, fruit flesh and seeds of damask rose (Rosa damascena Mill.) and rose hip (Rosa canina L.) were assayed for the composition of fatty acids, ascorbic acid, α-tocopherol, β-carotene, and mineral elements. The content of linoleic acid in seed oil of Rosa damascena (54.18%) was found to be higher than in that of Rosa canina (48.84%). α-Tocopherol contents were found to be 7.10 μg/g and 34.20 μg/g for Rosa damascena and Rosa canina fruits, respectively. Ascorbic acid content was determined as the highest in the fruit flesh (546 mg/100 g in Rosa damascena and 2200 mg/100 g in Rosa canina), and as the lowest in the seeds of both species. Rosa damascena fruits were found to be richer in minerals such as Ca, Fe, K, Mn, Na, P, and Zn than Rosa canina fruits. The results of the present study showed that Rosa damascena fruits could be used as food and food additive equally as rose hip fruits.

Keywords: Rosa damascena; Rosa canina; chemical composition; nutritional value (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://cjfs.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/5/2009-CJFS.html (text/html)
http://cjfs.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/5/2009-CJFS.pdf (application/pdf)
free of charge

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:caa:jnlcjf:v:27:y:2009:i:3:id:5-2009-cjfs

DOI: 10.17221/5/2009-CJFS

Access Statistics for this article

Czech Journal of Food Sciences is currently edited by Ing. Zdeňka Náglová, Ph.D.

More articles in Czech Journal of Food Sciences from Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Ivo Andrle ().