Medicinal plants of Cree communities (Québec, Canada): Antioxidant activity of plants used to treat type 2 diabetes symptoms

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1200-1214

  Fraser, Marie Hélène ^a,b   Cuerrier, Alain ^a   Haddad, Pierre S ^a,c   Arnason, John T ^d   Owen, Patrick L ^b   Johns, Timothy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Cree; Diabetes; Phenols; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ABIES BALSAMEA EXTRACT; ALNUS INCANCA EXTRACT; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CATECHIN; CLADONIA RANGIFERINA EXTRACT; EPICATECHIN; FLAVONOID; GAULTHERIA HISPIDULA EXTRACT; JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS EXTRACT; KALMIA ANGUSTIFOLIA EXTRACT; LARIX LARICINA EXTRACT; LEYMUS MOLLIS EXTRACT; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LYCOPODIUM CLAVATUM EXTRACT; PICEA GLAUCA EXTRACT; PICEA MARIANA EXTRACT; PINUS BANKSIANA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POPULUS BALSAMIFERA EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; RHODODENDRON GROENLANDICUM EXTRACT; RHODODENDRON TOMENTOSUM EXTRACT; SALIX PLANIFOLIA EXTRACT; SARRACENIA PURPUREA EXTRACT; TROLOX C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ABIES BALSAMEA; ALNUS INCANA; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BLACK SPRUCE; CANADA; CLADONIA RANGIFERINA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMPETRUM NIGRUM; ETHNOBOTANY; GAULTHERIA HISPIDULA; JUNIPERUS; KALMIA ANGUSTIFOLIA; LARIX LARICINA; LEYMUS MOLLIS; LYCOPODIUM; MEDICINAL PLANT; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PICEA BANKSIANA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODODENDRON GROENLANDICUM; RHODODENDRON TOMENTOSUM; SALIX PLANIFOLIA; SARRACENIA PURPUREA; SEASON; SORBUS DECORA; SPHAGNUM FUSCUM;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CANADA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

EID: 38849165832     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Y07-108     Document Type: Article

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