Rosehips form on rose bushes after pollination. They are high in vitamin C and other nutrients, including beta carotene, lutein, zeaxanthin and lycopene. Traditionally, rosehips have been made into herbal teas, jams and jellies.
Rosehip Extract Slows Breast Cancer Cells in Culture
Now, rosehip extract has been used in tissue culture studies of breast cancer cells. The triple negative tumors that were studied are especially aggressive and tend to attack young African American and Latina women.
The cells exposed to the highest concentration of rosehip extract were 50 percent less able to reproduce. In addition, they were significantly less able to migrate.
What Is Next?
This basic research needs to be followed up with animal and clinical studies to see if the rosehip promise will hold up. But the scientists hope it may offer an inexpensive way to prevent or treat a dangerous disease.
Experimental Biology meeting, March. 29, 2015, Boston
