Compositions consisting of or being enriched with seeds of rose hips and their use as anti-flammatory natural medicine for alleviating/reducing symptoms associated with inflammation and joint diseases such as arthritis and/or osteo-arthritis

摘要

A composition consisting of or being enriched with rose hip seeds for reducing and/or alleviating symptoms of infiammatory diseases, especially joint diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, reactive or osteo-arthritis or other arthritides is disciosed. A method of preparing the rose hip seeds product comprises separating the rose hip seeds from the flesh and other mafter either prior to or after drying. Drying of the rose hip seeds is preferably performed below 50 °C following which the rose hip seeds are grinded into a powder. The Rose hip seeds composition may be used in pure form or mixed with a rose hip composition, a concentrate or an extract containing rose hip shelis to provide a product enriched with e.g. up to 80% (by weight) of rose hip seeds, which is useful in the prophylaxis, treatment or alleviation of symptoms related to infiammatory diseases, in particular joint diseases, such as arthtitis and/or osteo arthritis.