FLAVOUR AND FRAGRANCE JOURNAL, cilt.0, sa.0, ss.1-8, 2025 (SCI-Expanded)
This study explores the essential oils (EOs) of Rosa hemisphaerica (RH), Rosa villosa subsp. mollis (RV) and the newly identi-fied hybrid Rosa ozcelikii (RO). The major components of the EOs were found to be nonadecane (22.45%), viridiflorol (19.37%)and heneicosane (11.72%) in RH; α-muurolene (14.72%), σ-cadinene (17.88%) and farnesol (9.94%) in RV; and heptacosane(27.63%), heneicosane (12.42%) and α-citronellol (11.90%) in RO. Antibacterial activities were evaluated using the disc diffusionmethod. The EOs demonstrated moderate antibacterial effects: RV and RH exhibited inhibition zones of 8.0 ± 0.4 mm againstPseudomonas aeruginosa, while RO showed stronger activity with inhibition zones of 11.0 ± 0.5 mm against Staphylococcus au-reus, 12.0 ± 0.4 mm against Clostridium perfringens and 9.0 ± 0.5 mm against Bacillus cereus. These findings highlight the chem-ical diversity and potential therapeutic applications of these Rosa species, emphasising their relevance in the search for naturalantimicrobial agents.