Rosa Gallica Flower Extract

An extract derived from gallic rose. It contains some amount of soothing rose essential oil and also offers antioxidant and anti-inflammatory flavonoids and tannins.
Antioxidant
Soothing
Other functions
Origin
Rosa Gallica Flower Extract

Overview

Rosa gallica flower extract is an extract obtained from the flowers of the Gallic rose, a rose cultivar that has been cultivated since the time of the ancient Greeks and Romans. The flowers are usually purple or pink and deeply fragrant.

The extract from these flowers contains some amount of rose essential oil, which has a pleasant aroma and calming effects on the skin. Rose flower extract will also typically contain flavonoids and tannins, which have astringent and anti-inflammatory activity.

Science

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Sarangowa, O., Kanazawa, T., Nishizawa, M., Myoda, T., Bai, C., & Yamagishi, T. (2014). Flavonol glycosides in the petal of Rosa species as chemotaxonomic markers. Phytochemistry, 107, 61–68.