The Rosaceae
family is one of the largest flowering plant families with more than 100 genera
and 2000 species of trees, shrubs and herbs. The genus Rosa that comprises
approximately 200 Species and thousands of cultivars is commercially important
for its essential oil fragrance and for its rosewater, which is used
traditionally as flavoring agent. R. moschata commonly known as Persian muskrose, Nastrana in Persian, is native to Iran and is widely grown in Iran as alandscape plant or for essence and related products. Its flowers have been
traditionally used for ‘attar of roses’ and ‘rose water’ production. As a
medicinal plant, the flowers, leaves, fruits of Persian musk rose is used for
eyes’ disorders, diarrhea, wounds healing, stomach disorders, gout,
hydronephrosis delivery cases and in bilious diseases. An antimicrobial effect
of the Persian musk rose essential oil has been recently reported. Hence, the
current study was conducted to determine the effect of harvest time on total
phenol, ascorbic acid and some mineral elements of Persian musk rose flowers.
Fresh flowers
of Persian musk rose were collected from the campus landscape of the College of
Agriculture of Shiraz University (59°35’ E, 29° 43’ N, Altitude 1810 m) duringtheir flowering period at May 11, May 21 and June 1, 2014. The flowers were
handpicked from 6:00 to 9:00 am. A specimen (Voucher Number: PC 87-23) has been
deposited in the Herbarium of the Faculty of Sciences, Shiraz University.
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