Rosmarinus plants: Key farm concepts towards food applications.

Javad Sharifi-Rad, Shahira M Ezzat, Mahitab H El Bishbishy, Dima Mnayer, Farukh Sharopov, Ceyda S Kılıç, Monica Neagu, Carolina Constantin, Mehdi Sharifi-Rad, Maria Atanassova, Silvana Nicola, Giuseppe Pignata, Bahare Salehi, Patrick V T Fokou, Natália Martins

Journal: Phytotherapy research : PTR 2020;34(7):1474-1518

PMID: 32058653

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Abstract

Rosmarinus species are aromatic plants that mainly grow in the Mediterranean region. They are widely used in folk medicine, food, and flavor industries and represent a valuable source of biologically active compounds (e.g., terpenoids, flavonoids, and phenolic acids). The extraction of rosemary essential oil is being done using three main methods: carbon dioxide supercritical extraction, steam distillation, and hydrodistillation. Furthermore, interesting antioxidant, antibacterial, antifungal, antileishmanial, anthelmintic, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antidepressant, and antiamnesic effects have also been broadly recognized for rosemary plant extracts. Thus the present review summarized data on economically important Rosmarinus officinalis species, including isolation, extraction techniques, chemical composition, pharmaceutical, and food applications.

Address: Phytochemistry Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.; Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, 11562, Egypt.; Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, October University for Modern Sciences and Arts (MSA), Giza, 11787, Egypt.; Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, October University for Modern Sciences and Arts (MSA), Giza, 11787, Egypt.; Faculty of Sciences, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon.; Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Avicenna Tajik State Medical University, Dushanbe, Tajikistan.; Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey.; Immunology Department, "Victor Babes" National Institute of Pathology, Bucharest, Romania.; Pathology Department, "Colentina" Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania.; Doctoral School, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania.; Immunology Department, "Victor Babes" National Institute of Pathology, Bucharest, Romania.; Pathology Department, "Colentina" Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania.; Department of Medical Parasitology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.; Scientific Consulting, Chemical Engineering, UCTM, Sofia, Bulgaria.; Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.; Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Bam University of Medical Sciences, Bam, Iran.; Antimicrobial and Biocontrol Agents Unit, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde 1, Yaounde, Cameroon.; Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.; Institute for Research and Innovation in Health (i3S), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.

DOI: 10.1002/ptr.6622

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MeSH Terms: Food Analysis, Oils, Volatile, Plant Extracts, Plants, Rosmarinus