Evaluation of the antidiabetic potential of selected medicinal plant extracts from the Canadian boreal forest used to treat symptoms of diabetes: Part II

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 479-492

  Harbilas, Despina ^a,b,c   Martineau, Louis C ^a,b,c   Harris, Cory S ^d   Adeyiwola Spoor, Danielle C A ^a,b,c   Saleem, Ammar ^d   Lambert, Jennifer ^d   Caves, Dayna ^e   Johns, Timothy ^e   Prentki, Marc ^c   Cuerrier, Alain ^a   Arnason, John T ^d   Bennett, Steffany A L ^d   Haddad, Pierre S ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Cytoprotection; Diabetes mellitus; Glucose uptake; Natural products; Polyphenolics; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ABIES BALSAMEA EXTRACT; ALNUS INCANA EXTRACT; ASCORBIC ACID; CRUDE PLANT EXTRACT; GAULTHERIA HISPIDULA EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; INSULIN; JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS EXTRACT; KALMIA ANGUSTIFOLIA EXTRACT; LARIX LARICINA EXTRACT; LYCOPODIUM CLAVATUM EXTRACT; METFORMIN; OXYGEN RADICAL; PICEA GLAUCA EXTRACT; PICEA MARIANA EXTRACT; PINUS BANKSIANA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POPULUS BALSAMIFERA EXTRACT; RHODODENDRON GROENLANDICUM EXTRACT; RHODODENDRON TOMENTOSUM EXTRACT; ROSIGLITAZONE; SALIX PLANIFOLIA EXTRACT; SARRACENIA PURPUREA EXTRACT; SORBUS DECORA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINIUM VITIS IDAEA EXTRACT;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLACK SPRUCE; CANADA; CELL PROTECTION; CELL STRAIN; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG POTENTIATION; ETHNOBOTANY; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GLUCOSE INTAKE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; IN VITRO STUDY; INSULIN RELEASE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MUSCLE CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAVENGING SYSTEM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYMPTOM; TAIGA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

3T3-L1 CELLS; ADIPOCYTES; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOPROTECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FREE RADICALS; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INSULIN; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; MICE; PC12 CELLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUEBEC; RATS; TREES;

EID: 67449116853     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Y09-029     Document Type: Article

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