“…Lour., a plant belonging to the Oleaceae family, is widely distributed in Asia, especially in the south and middle of China . Osmanthus fragrans flowers have been demonstrated to attenuate inflammation (Hung et al, 2013;Huang et al, 2015), possess antioxidant activity (Wu et al, 2009;Xiong et al, 2014;Jiang et al, 2015), protect against ageing (Xiong et al, 2016) and inhibit melanogenesis (Wu et al, 2009). With these benefits, the O. fragrans flowers are used as folk medicine and as additive for teas, beverages and foods, such as pastry, paste, vinegar and liqueurs , and the essential oil of the flowers is used for perfumes, flavours and aromatherapy.…”