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Alain Cuerrier
Researcher at Université de Montréal
Publications - 77
Citations - 1580
Alain Cuerrier is an academic researcher from Université de Montréal. The author has contributed to research in topics: Rhodiola rosea & Traditional knowledge. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 69 publications receiving 1368 citations. Previous affiliations of Alain Cuerrier include Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
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Plants used by the Cree Nation of Eeyou Istchee (Quebec, Canada) for the treatment of diabetes: A novel approach in quantitative ethnobotany.
TL;DR: This article demonstrates the applicability of various underutilized quantitative tools in ethnobotany, while taking a convincing preliminary step towards a therapy more in harmony with Cree culture and lifestyle.
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Selected plant species from the Cree pharmacopoeia of northern Quebec possess anti-diabetic potential.
Danielle Spoor,Louis C. Martineau,Charles Leduc,Ali Benhaddou-Andaloussi,Bouchra Meddah,Cory Harris,Andrew BurtA. Burt,Marie-Hélène FraserM.-H. Fraser,Jason Coonishish,Erik Joly,Alain Cuerrier,Steffany A. L. Bennett,Timothy Johns,Marc Prentki,John T. Arnason,Pierre S. Haddad +15 more
TL;DR: The present study assesses the in vitro anti-diabetic potential of extracts from the 8 most promising plants to emerge from the ethnobotanical study of Cree medicinal plants and concludes that the Cree pharmacopoeia contains several plants with significant anti-Diabetic potential.
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Inhibition of advanced glycation end product formation by medicinal plant extracts correlates with phenolic metabolites and antioxidant activity.
Cory S. Harris,Louis‐Philippe B. Beaulieu,Marie-Hélène FraserM.-H. Fraser,Kristina L. McIntyre,Patrick L. Owen,Louis C. Martineau,Alain Cuerrier,Timothy Johns,Pierre S. Haddad,Steffany A. L. Bennett,John T. Arnason +10 more
TL;DR: Evidence is provided that antioxidant phenolic metabolites mediate the antiglycation activity of the medicinal plant collection, a relationship that likely extends to other medicinal and food plants.
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Cultural Keystone Places: Conservation and Restoration in Cultural Landscapes
TL;DR: In this paper, the concept of cultural keystone places (CKPs) is proposed to recognize places of high cultural salience for a particular group of people at a particular time and critical to their identity and well-being.
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Evaluation of the antidiabetic potential of selected medicinal plant extracts from the Canadian boreal forest used to treat symptoms of diabetes: part II.
Despina Harbilas,Louis C. Martineau,Cory S. Harris,Danielle C.A. Adeyiwola-SpoorD.C.A. Adeyiwola-Spoor,Ammar Saleem,Jennifer LambertJ. Lambert,Dayna CavesD. Caves,Timothy Johns,Marc Prentki,Alain Cuerrier,John T. Arnason,Steffany A. L. Bennett,Pierre S. Haddad +12 more
TL;DR: Gaultheria hispidula, Rhododendron tomentosum, and Vaccinium vitis-idaea exhibit a promising profile of antidiabetic potential and are good candidates for more in-depth evaluation.