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Article

Evaluation of the Phytochemical and Pharmacological Potential of Taif’s Rose (Rosa damascena Mill var. trigintipetala) for Possible Recycling of Pruning Wastes

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Department of Biology, College of Sciences, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia
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Biology Department, College of Science, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha 61321, Saudi Arabia
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Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafr El-Sheikh 33516, Egypt
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Life 2022, 12(2), 273; https://doi.org/10.3390/life12020273
Submission received: 16 January 2022 / Revised: 7 February 2022 / Accepted: 8 February 2022 / Published: 12 February 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Role of Renewable Resources for Ecology and Human Health)

Abstract

This study investigated the phytochemical contents of Taif’s rose pruning wastes and their potential application as phytomedicine, thereby practicing a waste-recycling perspective. In the Al-Shafa highland, four Taif rose farms of various ages were chosen for gathering the pruning wastes (leaves and stems) for phytochemical and pharmacological studies. The leaves and stems included significant amounts of carbohydrates, cardiac glycosides, alkaloids, flavonoids, and other phenolic compounds. The cardiac glycoside and flavonoid contents were higher in Taif rose stems, while the phenolic and alkaloid contents were higher in the plant leaves. Cardiovascular glycosides (2.98–5.69 mg g−1), phenolics (3.14–12.41 mg GAE g−1), flavonoids (5.09–9.33 mg RUE g −1), and alkaloids (3.22–10.96 mg AE g−1) were among the phytoconstituents found in rose tissues. According to the HPLC analysis of the phenolic compounds, Taif’s rose contains flavonoid components such as luteolin, apigenin, quercetin, rutin, kaempferol, and chrysoeriol; phenolics such as ellagic acid, catechol, resorcinol, gallic acid, and phloroglucinol; alkaloids such as berbamine, jatrorrhizine, palmatine, reticuline, isocorydine, and boldine. Warm water extract was highly effective against Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli, and Proteus vulgaris, whereas methanol and cold water extracts were moderately effective against Aspergillus fumigatus and Candida albicans. The study’s findings suggested that Taif’s rose wastes could be used for varied medical purposes.
Keywords: Damask rose; pruning wastes; phytochemicals; biological activity; recycling Damask rose; pruning wastes; phytochemicals; biological activity; recycling

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Galal, T.M.; Al-Yasi, H.M.; Fawzy, M.A.; Abdelkader, T.G.; Hamza, R.Z.; Eid, E.M.; Ali, E.F. Evaluation of the Phytochemical and Pharmacological Potential of Taif’s Rose (Rosa damascena Mill var. trigintipetala) for Possible Recycling of Pruning Wastes. Life 2022, 12, 273. https://doi.org/10.3390/life12020273

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Galal TM, Al-Yasi HM, Fawzy MA, Abdelkader TG, Hamza RZ, Eid EM, Ali EF. Evaluation of the Phytochemical and Pharmacological Potential of Taif’s Rose (Rosa damascena Mill var. trigintipetala) for Possible Recycling of Pruning Wastes. Life. 2022; 12(2):273. https://doi.org/10.3390/life12020273

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Galal, Tarek M., Hatim M. Al-Yasi, Mustafa A. Fawzy, Tharwat G. Abdelkader, Reham Z. Hamza, Ebrahem M. Eid, and Esmat F. Ali. 2022. "Evaluation of the Phytochemical and Pharmacological Potential of Taif’s Rose (Rosa damascena Mill var. trigintipetala) for Possible Recycling of Pruning Wastes" Life 12, no. 2: 273. https://doi.org/10.3390/life12020273

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Galal, T. M., Al-Yasi, H. M., Fawzy, M. A., Abdelkader, T. G., Hamza, R. Z., Eid, E. M., & Ali, E. F. (2022). Evaluation of the Phytochemical and Pharmacological Potential of Taif’s Rose (Rosa damascena Mill var. trigintipetala) for Possible Recycling of Pruning Wastes. Life, 12(2), 273. https://doi.org/10.3390/life12020273

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