With beautiful flowers and distinctive-looking hips, the rose hip (Rosa spp.), is a pseudofruit(accessory/aggregate fruit) that is part of the Rosaceae family. It is related to apples, plums, and strawberries.
Rose petals and rose hips can both be used for cooking and herbal remedies. Rose plants grow as shrubs and they are identified by thorny stems and brightly colored flowers.
The rose hip is an aggregate fruit and the hip of R. canina (dog rose) is often used as a medicinal ingredient in natural medicine. Dog roses grow on the east coast of North America, from Quebec, Canada, to North Carolina, and west to Kansas. They also grow from British Columbia, Canada, to California and east to Utah.
The dog rose has beautiful flowers and foliage, and it can produce deep red to orange rose hips. Dog rose blossoms look like classic wild rose blooms with five petals. Dog rose petals range from light pink to white.
Current clinical trials are looking into the anti-inflammatory and health-promoting properties of dog rose hips.
Rose hip is full of vitamin C, and it also contains other nutrients and bioactive compounds such as amino acids, carotenoids, essential oils, fatty acids, pectins, tannins, and tocopherols. Additionally, rose hips contain an anti-inflammatory galactolipid called GOPO.
Vitamin C is crucial for the biosynthesis of collagen, a major protein in the body’s connective tissue. According to various reports, rose hips also contain other organic acids and flavanols that can help inhibit the oxidation of vitamin C, which improves its stability and bioavailability in humans. (MORE)
Source: Natural News
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