Basic Information of Rosehip Extract   

English name: Rose Hips Extract/ rose hip fruit extract powder 

Latin Name: Rosa rugosa Thunb 

Part Used: Fruit 

Appearance : Brown Powder/Pink Powder 

Active Ingredients: Polyphenol, flavones 

Test methods: UV 

Specification: Flavones 1-20%, polyphenols  5-25%,   5:1,10:1, 20:1  Fruit powder etc.  

Introduction of the RoseHip 

Rosehip is the fruit that develops from the blossoms of the wild rose plant. A common ingredient in herbal teas, rose hip is also available in supplement and powdered form. Rose hip contains a number of antioxidants, including vitamin C, vitamin E, beta-carotene andlycopene.

Health Benefits of Rose Hip

Although research on the health effects of rose hip is fairly limited, there's some evidence that rose hip may offer certain benefits. Here's a look at several key study findings:

1) Arthritis

A number of studies suggest that rose hip may help treat osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.

2) Heart Disease

Rosehip may help prevent heart disease in obese people, according to a small study in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. For the study, 31 obese people consumed a drink containing either rose hip powder or a placebo every day for six weeks. By the study's end, members of the rose hip group showed greater improvements in a number of heart disease risk factors (such as elevated systolic blood pressureand high cholesterol) compared to those in the placebo group. However, other risk factors (such as elevated diastolic blood pressure and increased levels of inflammation) did not differ between the two groups.

3) Diabetes

Preliminary research indicates that rose hip may help fight diabetes. In a 2011 study in the American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology and Metabolism, scientists found that 20 weeks of treatment with powdered rose hip helped prevent the development of diabetes in mice fed a high-fat diet. Rose hip also appeared to help regulate blood sugar levels and keep cholesterol in check. However, it's too soon to tell whether rose hip might be able to help prevent diabetes in humans. 

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