Preliminary Results on Attributes of Distillation Products of the Rose Rosa damascene as a Dynamic and Friendly to the Environment Rural Crop

Shelf Life Extension and Improvement of the Nutritional Value of Fish Fillets through Osmotic Treatment Based on the Sustainable Use of Rosa damascena Distillation By-Products

“…The solid/liquid ‘wastes’ originating from the vegetative raw material contain high proportions of phenolic compounds, which have increased oxygen requirements, thus posing a serious problem for the regional flora and fauna. These by-products are very rich in polyphenols and are nowadays recognized as an important source of antioxidant/antimicrobial compounds that could be used to improve the functionality of a number of end products [15,16]. In Greece, Rosa damascene Mill (commonly known as Rose) is currently used for rose water and essential oil production, especially in the Prefecture of Western Macedonia (region of Kozani).…”

“…In Greece, Rosa damascene Mill (commonly known as Rose) is currently used for rose water and essential oil production, especially in the Prefecture of Western Macedonia (region of Kozani). Rose water is three times more expensive than gold, and 4000 kg of roses are approximately required to produce 1 kg of essential oil [16]. On the other hand, a negative aspect is the large amount of wastes produced from raw material distillation [12]; these by-products are currently either simply rejected to the environment or used as animal feed, being obviously under-exploited.…”

Influence of Rosa damascena hydrosol on skin flora (contact culture) after hand-rubbing

“…Distillation is performed at high temperatures (100°C) and partial pasteurisation is therefore achieved. Microbiological analyses of rose water have shown that the microbiological load is very low, and that the microbiological load in the same sample was stable after 1.5 years [ 11 ]. This may indicate a natural resistance to bacterial colonisation.…”

“…One study has found that Rosa damascene essential oil has antimicrobial activity against S. aureus but not against E. coli and P. aeruginosa [ 13 ]. Other authors reported that rose oil has an antibacterial effect against S. aureus , P. aeruginosa , and E. coli [ 11 ]. A further product of Rosa damascene is rose petal extracts, the antibacterial activity of which has been studied.…”

Green Approach to Wastewater Treatment by Application of Rosa damascena Waste as Nano-Biosorbent

“…Rosa damascena belongs to the Rosaceae family and is cultivated around the world for its watering and oil extraction. A huge amount of rose flower is needed for production of a little rose water (Tsanaktsidis et al, 2012;Nasir et al, 2007). So, the process generates large amount of semisolid wastes that can lead to environment pollution.…”