Plants used by the Cree Nation of Eeyou Istchee (Quebec, Canada) for the treatment of diabetes: A novel approach in quantitative ethnobotany

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 55-63

  Leduc, C ^a   Coonishish, J ^b   Haddad, P ^a   Cuerrier, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Cree Nation of Mistissini   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antidiabetic; Cree; Diabetes; Ethnobotany; Medicinal plants; Quantitative analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNOBOTANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICINAL PLANT; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUEBEC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33645319705     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2005.09.038     Document Type: Article

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