Rosehip

The rose hip is the fruit of the rose plants Rosa canina or Rosa rubiginosa. Alternate names are: rose haw, brier hip, dogberry, eglantine gall, hip fruit, hip berries, hop fruit, hogseed.  The rose plants are also known by many names: dog rose, hep tree, hip rose, hip tree, brier rose, sweet brier, Eglantine rose, wild brier, and witches` brier.

Botany: Dog or brier roses are prickly bushes or shrubs. They are native to Europe and Asia, and are extensively cultivated. In Chile and Argentina, Rosa rubiginosa is also known as “Rosa Mosqueta“. The part used is the ripe fruit (ellipsoid, globose or ovoid fruit), known as the hip.

Products: Rose hips contain high concentrations of vitamin C (ascorbic acid). Other constituents present in rose hips include carotenoids, flavonoids, pectic substances, riboflavin, sugars, and plants acids.

It is rich in vitamin F.

It is an extract from the fruit of the rosehip, Rosa canina.

This oil contains palmitic, palmitoleic, stearic, oleic, linoleic, α-linolenic, γ-linolenic, arachidic and eicosanic acids, epicatechin, flavonoids, gallocatechin, isoquercitrin, kaemferol-3-glucoside, leucoanthocyanins, lycopene, magnesium rubidium, rubixanthin, alpha-tocopherol, xanthophylls, tretinoin and zeaxanthin.

Antioxidant activity has been displayed by the different constituents of rose hip extracts, such as glycophenolics, and vitamin C. Anti-inflammatory activity has been displayed by a galactolipid isolated from R. Canina.

Traditional use: Tissue regeneration: it has an effect on skin cell membranes, defence mechanisms, and growth and other physiologic and biochemical processes related to tissue regeneration, which explain its good tissue-regenerating properties (maintaining tissue texture and skin freshness and attenuation of scars, skin burns, and early aging etc.).

Traditional use: Anti-wrinkle agent: it is used in body lotions to smooth skin. It is also used as a moisturizer, in the treatment of burns and scars, and in hair preparations, especially for dry and damaged hair.

Traditional use: Also known as rose of Mosqueta oil, which was once described as the “Fountain of Youth”. This oil is remarkable for its benefits to damaged and distressed skin.