ANTIMICROBIAL PRODUCT FROM ROSA CANINA

Although natural remedies against microbes and infections have been in use for thousands of years, the use of plant extracts, in whole or parts of them, has never involved the development of antimicrobials. The reasons are different and often can be traced back to the difficulty of using a single species, the variability of the extract and consequently the biological activity of the vegetable preparation obtained from it and – not insignificant aspect – to the entire processing system that leads to the obtaining of the final product.
Currently, various techniques of extraction of active compounds are used, starting from the plant product, which play a critical role in determining the results of biological assays. In fact, the literature contains a wide range of extractive technologies that generate extracts with different chemical composition, yield, environmental impact, costs, feasibility of scale ups up to the development of an industrial process.

Rosehip extract can be used as an antimicrobial functional base:
• In preparations for human use (creams for skin use, antibacterial gel for oral dental use in the treatment of perimplantitis and periodontitis, functional base for mouthwash and toothpastes, antifungal creams or gels for topical use;
• As a disinfectant (in household hygiene products, for skin use, in soaps etc., in preoperative disinfection, in hospital wards, against the transmission of cross infections of a nosocomial nature, for community hygiene products, in private medical practices, in the disinfection of surgical instruments, in the line systems of fluids, in aeration/conditioning systems, in environmental disinfection systems through automatic devices)
• In the veterinary field (in liquid or solid preparations for skin disinfection in farmed or pet animals, in the treatment of skin mycoses, in the treatment of parasites, in the disinfection of milking plants);
• In the agricultural field (in the treatment of diseases of plants in cultivation or in ornamental plants, in the disinfection of environments or equipment used in the packaging industry).

• This invention, although still in the process of applying for patents, has already aroused interest in an agricultural entrepreneur who has indicated that he wants to acquire it.
  Since this is a recently filed international patent application (PCT/IB2020/062317 of 22/12/2020) no more detailed information can be released, but it is certain that a future enhancement could concern the development of a pilot plant for mass production of this invention.
  The whole process is scalable to obtain a greater production of rosehip extract.