Title of article :
Pharmacological Effects of Rosa Damascena
Author/Authors :
Boskabady, Mohammad Hossein Department of Physiology - School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Research Centre - Mashhad University of Medical Sciences , Shafei, Mohammad Naser Department of Physiology - School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Research Centre - Mashhad University of Medical Sciences , Saberi, Zahra Department of Physiology - School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Research Centre - Mashhad University of Medical Sciences , Amini, Somayeh Department of Horticulture - College of Agriculture - Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Abstract :
Rosa damascena mill L., known as Gole Mohammadi in Iran is one of the most important species of Rosaceae family flowers. R. damascena is an ornamental plant and beside perfuming effect, several pharmacological properties including anti-HIV, antibacterial, antioxidant, antitussive, hypnotic, antidiabetic, and relaxant effect on tracheal chains have been reported for this plant. This article is a comprehensive
review on pharmacological effects of R. damascena. Online literature searches were performed using Medline, Pubmed, Iran medex, Scopus, and Google Scholar websites backed to 1972 to identify researches about R. damascena. Searches also
were done by going through the author's files and the bibliographies of all located papers.
Keywords :
Damask Rose , Essential oil , Pharmacological properties , Rosa damascena , Rose water
Journal title :
Astroparticle Physics
