Preliminary Results on Attributes of Distillation Products of the Rose Rosa damascene as a Dynamic and Friendly to the Environment Rural Crop

Abstract The present study aims to enrich the field of friendly to the environment rural crops, by introducing the distillation products of Rosa damascena , rose oil and water, and their benefits. The chemical composition of these extracts is presented. According to the results, the rose oil processes a significant number of organic compounds that render it as excellent essence oil competitive with all existing oils in the market. It is worth mentioning that the presence of 59 detectable compounds on that oil may contribute to the aromatic character of the produced oil and particularly to the forecasted centesimal proportion of the final composition. However, the exact way that they participate in the attributes of the final product should be studied further. Moreover, the analysis of the rose water indicated that its physicochemical properties are similar to those of potable water lacking microbial presence. Our results support rose cultivation and exploitation in the region of Western Macedonia in Greece, since it is friendly to the environment, and its products (rosewater, rose oil and roses) have significant qualitative characteristics, which make them highly competitive in different products and applications.

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