Ethnobotanical investigation of plants used for the treatment of type 2 diabetes by two Cree communities in Québec : quantitative comparisons and antioxidant evaluation

• Main Author: Fraser, Marie-Hélène.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: McGill University 2006
• Subjects: Non-insulin-dependent diabetes > Treatment > Québec (Province); Cree Indians > Ethnobotany > Québec (Province); Materia medica; Vegetable > Québec (Province); Canada; Whapmagoostui; Cree indians
• Online Access: http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=97954

This ethnobotanical project screened and evaluated the use of traditional medicine of the Cree Nation of Quebec as part of a study directed at preventing complications associated with Type 2 diabetes (T2D). Antidiabetic plants used by the Cree that treat T2D symptoms were identified. Quantitative et...