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Review
. 2023 Dec 10;10(1):e23530.
doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e23530. eCollection 2024 Jan 15.

Beneficial medicinal effects and material applications of rose

Hsiuying Wang  1
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Beneficial medicinal effects and material applications of rose

Hsiuying Wang. Heliyon. .

Abstract

Rose is a beautiful and fragrant plant with a variety of medicinal and substance uses. Various parts of rose such as fruits, flowers, leaves, and bark can be used in various product development, including cosmetics, food, pharmaceuticals, and engineering. The medical benefits of roses include the treatment of inflammation, diabetes, dysmenorrhea, depression, stress, seizures, and aging. Rose water is precious beauty water for skin care and has antibacterial effects on various microbiota. The surface of a rose petal exhibits a hierarchical structure comprising microscale papillae, with each papilla further featuring intricate nanofolds. With this structural feature, rose petals have high water contact angles together with antagonistic wetting properties. The hierarchical structures of rose petals were shown to have anti-reflection and light-harvesting abilities, which have the potential to be materials for various electronic products. Rose petals are an excellent biomimetic/bioinspired material that can be applied to the popular material graphene. This paper reviews the medical function and material application of roses. During the COVID-19 pandemic, medical materials or food shortages have become a global issue. Natural biomaterials could be a good alternative. Roses, with so many benefits, definitely deserve more exploration and promotion.

Keywords: Biomaterial; Medical effect; Nano; Pharmaceuticals; Rose; engineering.

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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Fig. 1
Images of different types of roses: (a) Rosa hybrid; (b) other types.
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(a) Petals, peduncle, sepals, leaflets, and petioles of rose; (b) hip of rose; (c) thorns of rose.
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Medicinal uses of Roses.
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(a) Rose flower; (b) one petal; (c) the surface of the rose petal under 400× magnification.
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Fig. 5
The rose extract can be homemade by steam distillation with simple equipment.
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