Effects of Damask Rose (Rosa damascena Mill.) Extract on Chemical, Microbial, and Sensory Properties of Sohan (an Iranian Confection) During Storage

effects of damask rose (rosa damascena mill.) extract on chemical, microbial, and sensory properties of sohan (an iranian confection) during storage

background: sohan is an iranian traditional brittle confection which its ingredients are susceptible to oxidation and microbial contamination during storage. this experimental study was designed to determine the effect of damask rose (rosa damascena mill.) extract on some chemical, microbial, and sensory properties of sohan during storage at 25 °c. methods: the sohan ingredients were mixed, bak...

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...

Cytobiochemical Potentials of Rosa damascena Mill. Extract

Background and Objectives: There is a profound inclination among people toward consumption of herbs and herbal products. Some of these products are harmful while health-promoting potentials of some others should be discovered. In the present study the antibacterial, antioxidant, acute and subchronic and cancer cell toxicity of methanolic and aqueous extracts of Rosa damascena Mill. was

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 Rosa damascena Mill. flower extract on rat ileum

Rosa damascena flower is widely used for gastrointestinal (GI) disorders. However, its pharmacological action on isolated ileum has not been studied. In this research, the effect of extract of flower petals of R. damascena Mill. growing in Kashan, Iran, on ileum motility was investigated. Hydroalcoholic extract was prepared by percolation method. A section of rat ileum was suspended in an organ...