mohammad Hossein Boskabady - Department of Physiology, School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Research Centre, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Mohammad Naser Shafei - Department of Physiology, School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Research Centre, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Zahra Saberi - Department of Physiology, School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Research Centre, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Somayeh Amini - Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

Rosa damascena mill L., known as Gole Mohammadi in Iran is one of the most important species of Rosaceae family flowers. R. damascena is an ornamental plant and beside perfuming effect, several pharmacological properties including anti-HIV, antibacterial, antioxidant, antitussive, hypnotic, antidiabetic, and relaxant effect on tracheal chains have been reported for this plant. This article is a comprehensive review on pharmacological effects of R. damascena. Online literature searches were performed using Medline, Pubmed, Iran medex, Scopus, and Google Scholar websites backed to ۱۹۷۲ to identify researches about R. damascena. Searches also were done by going through the author's files and the bibliographies of all located papers.

Damask Rose, Essential oil, Pharmacological properties, Rosa damascena, Rose water