Nutritionally Important Components
of Rosa canina L. Originating from Various Areas of Hungary
Éva Stefanovits-Bányai1, Helga Markóth2, Zsuzsanna Bertényi-Divinyi1, and Judit Monspart-Sényi2
1 Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Food Science, Szent István University, Budapest, Hungary
2 Department of Canning Technology, Faculty of Food Science, Szent István University, Budapest, Hungary
Corresponding author: Éva Stefanovits-Bányai
Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Food Science,
Szent István University
H-1518 Budapest, Hungary
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Telephone: (+36)-1-372-6200
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E-mail address: ebanyai@omega.kee.hu
CEJOEM 2002, Vol.8. No.2–3.:172–177
Key words:
Rose hip, vitamin C, total phenol, environmental pollution, macro and microelements
Abstract:
Rose hip (Rosa canina L.) is one of the principal medicinal plants, containing mainly
vitamin C and other water soluble vitamins, tocoferol, essential oils, sugar, fatty acids, fruit
acids, amino acids, pectin, tannins, carotenoids, and polyphenolic compounds. Rose hips are often
used in food, tea, juice, jam, etc. In medicine and cosmetics, they play an important role as
coloring and as antioxidant protective matters. Our aim was to compare certain nutritionally
important components of rose hips in samples of various origins in order to determine the most
suitable area for collecting rose hips for various, especially food and therapeutic applications.
Vitamin C was determined by titrimetry, total phenol content by spectrophotometry using catechol
as standard, and element composition and concentration by inductively coupled plasma atomic
emission spectrometry (ICP-AES). Vitamin C and total phenol contents were higher in the samples
collected from non-polluted sites. Differences were seen especially in the content of toxic
elements. Vitamin C and total phenol contents were lower in samples with higher concentration of
Cu, Mn, Ni, Sr and Zn cations.
Received: 3 July 2002
Accepted: 21 November 2002
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