Seasonal variation of phenolic constituents and medicinal activities of northern labrador tea, Rhododendron tomentosum ssp subarcticum, an Inuit and cree first nations traditional medicine

Planta Medica

Volumn 77, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1655-1662

  Black, Paleah ^a   Saleem, Ammar ^a   Dunford, Andrew ^b   Guerrero Analco, José ^a   Walshe Roussel, Brendan ^a   Haddad, Pierre ^c   Cuerrier, Alain ^c   Arnason, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Nunavut Research Institute   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

antiinflammatory; Ericaceae; Inuit; northern Labrador tea; phenolic compounds; Rhododendron tomentosum ssp. subarcticum; seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CAFFEIC ACID; CATECHIN; CHLOROGENIC ACID; MYRICETIN; PARA COUMARIC ACID; PHENOL; PLANT EXTRACT; PROCYANIDIN; QUERCETIN DERIVATIVE; RHODODENDRON TOMENTOSUM EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESKIMO; HARVEST PERIOD; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PLANT LEAF; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON TOMENTOSUM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUNLIGHT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CANADA; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; INUITS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RHODODENDRON; SEASONS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

ERICACEAE; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON GROENLANDICUM; RHODODENDRON TOMENTOSUM;

EID: 80053304240     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: 14390221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1270968     Document Type: Article

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