Carotene and lycopene in rose hips and other fruits

Carotenoid content and composition in rose hips (Rosa spp.) during ripening, determination of suitable maturity marker and implications for health promoting food products

“…However, Hornero-Mendez and Minguez-Mosquera (2000a) found more than twice the content of total carotenoids detected in the present study for R. rubiginosa. Previous investigations of the content of carotenoids in 'black' rose hips are few (Jacoby & Wokes, 1944;Novruzov, 2005;Olsson et al, 2005;Valadon & Mummery, 1969) and all report the same levels as in the present study.…”

“…Neither lycopene nor c-carotene, previously identified in R. spinosissima (Jacoby & Wokes, 1944;Novruzov, 2005;Valadon & Mummery, 1969), was detected in the present study. In this study, the lycopene content in red rose hips had the same retention time as the unidentified carotenoid C1 in R. spinosissima, with similar spectra, but a wavelength at k max 28, 30, and 34 nm lower in R. spinosissima.…”

“…The amounts of identified carotenoids found in the samples were mostly of the same order of magnitude as in other published data on rose hips, though such data are scarce (Gao et al, 2000;Jacoby & Wokes, 1944;Olsson, Andersson, Werlemark, Uggla, & Gustavsson, 2005). However, Hornero-Mendez and Minguez-Mosquera (2000a) found more than twice the content of total carotenoids detected in the present study for R. rubiginosa.…”

Seasonal incidence and bionomics of rose aphid, Macrosiphum rosae (Linnaeus, 1758), (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in Kashmir, India

“…Medicinally, it is also an important nervine used to treat depression and anxiety. Roses possess a unique ability to firm boggy or damaged tissue, reduce inflammation and lessen bacterial proliferation while encouraging the growth of healthy tissue which makes it ideal in the treatment of many microbial infections (Jacoby & Wokes, 1944). Mahmood et al, (1996) and Basim & Basim (2003) reported anti HIV properties of rose oil and its ability to stop and kill some strains of Xanthomonas.…”