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Giving a voice to "the silent killer": a knowledge, attitude and practice study of diabetes among French Guiana's Parikweneh people by Rapinski, Michael, Cuerrier, Alain, Davy, Damien

“…The prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in the French overseas department of French Guiana, South America, nearly doubles that in its European counterpart,…”
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Well grounded: Indigenous Peoples' knowledge, ethnobiology and sustainability by Turner, Nancy J., Cuerrier, Alain, Joseph, Leigh

“…The biological knowledge and associated values and beliefs of Indigenous and other long‐resident Peoples are often overlooked and underrepresented in…”
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Plant–Environment Interactions in the Low Arctic Torngat Mountains of Labrador by Davis, Emma, Trant, Andrew, Hermanutz, Luise, Way, Robert G., Lewkowicz, Antoni G., Siegwart Collier, Laura, Cuerrier, Alain, Whitaker, Darroch

“…The eastern Canadian Subarctic and Arctic are experiencing significant environmental change with widespread implications for the people, plants, and animals…”
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Quality Assessment of Japanese Knotweed (Fallopia japonica) Grown on Prince Edward Island as a Source of Resveratrol by Chen, Huaguo, Tuck, Tina, Ji, Xiuhong, Zhou, Xin, Kelly, Glen, Cuerrier, Alain, Zhang, Junzeng

“…Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica, also known as Polygonum cuspidatum) is a common invasive plant species on Prince Edward Island (PEI), Canada, whereas it…”
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Adaptations in the transformation of cassava ( Manihot esculenta Crantz; Euphorbiaceae) for consumption in the dietary management of diabetes: the case of Palikur, or Parikwene People, from French Guiana by Rapinski, Michael, Cuerrier, Alain, Davy, Damien

“…In the French overseas department of French Guiana, in South America, nutrition therapy for the management of diabetes is based on French guidelines. However,…”
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Novel Approach to Identify Potential Bioactive Plant Metabolites: Pharmacological and Metabolomics Analyses of Ethanol and Hot Water Extracts of Several Canadian Medicinal Plants of the Cree of Eeyou Istchee by Shang, Nan, Saleem, Ammar, Musallam, Lina, Walshe-Roussel, Brendan, Badawi, Alaa, Cuerrier, Alain, Arnason, John T, Haddad, Pierre S

“…We evaluated and compared the antidiabetic potential and molecular mechanisms of 17 Cree plants' ethanol extracts (EE) and hot water extracts (HWE) on glucose…”
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Investigating Wild Berries as a Dietary Approach to Reducing the Formation of Advanced Glycation Endproducts: Chemical Correlates of In Vitro Antiglycation Activity by Harris, Cory S, Cuerrier, Alain, Lamont, Erin, Haddad, Pierre S, Arnason, John T, Bennett, Steffany A. L, Johns, Timothy

“…Evidence supports the health promoting benefits of berries, particularly with regard to the prevention and management of chronic diseases such cardio- and…”
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A Multivariate Approach to Ethnopharmacology: Antidiabetic Plants of Eeyou Istchee by Hall, Braydon, Rapinski, Michel, Spoor, Danielle, Eid, Hoda, Saleem, Ammar, Arnason, John T, Foster, Brian, Cuerrier, Alain, Haddad, Pierre S, Harris, Cory S

“…An ethnopharmacological metanalysis was conducted with a large database available on antidiabetic activities of plant foods and medicines from the northern…”
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Wild Edible Fruits as a Source of Food and Medicine: A Study among Tribal Communities of Southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by Ul Abidin, Sheikh Zain, Khan, Raees, Ahmad, Mushtaq, Cuerrier, Alain, Zafar, Muhammad, Ullah, Asad, Khan, Jabbar, Saeed, Asma, Al-Qahtani, Wahidah H, Kazi, Mohsin

“…Botanical surveys in all parts of Pakistan are mainly focused on ethnomedicinal uses of plants, and very little attention has been paid to documenting edible…”
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Climate and environmental drivers of berry productivity from the forest–tundra ecotone to the high Arctic in Canada by Boulanger-Lapointe, Noémie, Henry, Greg H.R., Lévesque, Esther, Cuerrier, Alain, Desrosiers, Sarah, Gérin-Lajoie, José, Hermanutz, Luise, Collier, Laura Siegwart

“…Berry shrubs are found across the circumpolar North where they are an important source of food for people and animals. However, the environmental controls on…”
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Phytochemical Comparison of the Water and Ethanol Leaf Extracts of the Cree medicinal plant, Sarracenia purpurea L. (Sarraceniaceae) by Cieniak, Carolina, Walshe-Roussel, Brendan, Liu, Rui, Muhammad, Asim, Saleem, Ammar, Haddad, Pierre S, Cuerrier, Alain, Foster, Brian C, Arnason, John T

“…The Cree of Eeyou Istchee in Northern Quebec identified Sarracenia purpurea L. as an important plant for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes. Traditionally the…”
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Phytogeographic and genetic variation in Sorbus , a traditional antidiabetic medicine-adaptation in action in both a plant and a discipline by Bailie, Anna, Renaut, Sebastien, Ubalijoro, Eliane, Guerrero-Analco, José A, Saleem, Ammar, Haddad, Pierre, Arnason, John T, Johns, Timothy, Cuerrier, Alain

“…Mountain ash ( and ) is used by the Cree Nation of the James Bay region of Quebec (Eeyou Istchee) as traditional medicine. Its potential as an antidiabetic…”
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Evaluation by microarray of the potential safety of Sarracenia purpurea L. (Sarraceniaceae) a traditional medicine used by the Cree of Eeyou Istchee by Cieniak, Carolina, McDonald, Charlotte, Nash, John, Muhammad, Asim, Badawi, Alaa, Haddad, Pierre S, Cuerrier, Alain, Bennett, Steffany A L, Foster, Brian C, Arnason, John T

“…The purpose of this study was to assess safety of the traditional antidiabetic extracts of either S. purpurea or its lead active principle, morroniside at the…”
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Growth environment and organ specific variation in in-vitro cytoprotective activities of Picea mariana in PC12 cells exposed to glucose toxicity: a plant used for treatment of diabetes symptoms by the Cree of Eeyou Istchee (Quebec, Canada) by Downing, Ashleigh D, Eid, Hoda M, Tang, Andrew, Ahmed, Fida, Harris, Cory S, Haddad, Pierre S, Johns, Timothy, Arnason, John T, Bennett, Steffany A L, Cuerrier, Alain

“…The Cree of Eeyou Istchee (James Bay area of northern Quebec) suffer from a high rate of diabetes and its complications partly due to the introduction of the…”
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La terre qui pousse : l’ethnobotanique innue d’Ekuanitshit par Daniel Clément (review) by Cuerrier, Alain

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Resurgence, refusal, and reconciliation through food movement organizations by Heather Elliott, Monica Mulrennan, Alain Cuerrier

“…Indigenous food systems have been sites of deliberate and sustained disruption in the service of the settler colonial project on Turtle Island. The…”
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Study of Inuit Knowledge of Climate Change in Nunavik, Quebec: A Mixed Methods Approach by Cuerrier, Alain, Brunet, Nicolas D, Gérin-Lajoie, José, Downing, Ashleigh, Lévesque, Esther

“…We address first, the lack of documented indigenous knowledge of climate change in Nunavik, Quebec, regarding impacts on plants; and second, the frequent…”
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Berry Plants and Berry Picking in Inuit Nunangat: Traditions in a Changing Socio-Ecological Landscape by Boulanger-Lapointe, Noémie, Gérin-Lajoie, José, Collier, Laura Siegwart, Desrosiers, Sarah, Spiech, Carmen, Henry, Gregory H. R., Hermanutz, Luise, Lévesque, Esther, Cuerrier, Alain

“…Traditional food is central to Inuit culture and sense of identity. Recent changes in lifestyle, climate, and animal populations have influenced how people…”
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The role of digital data entry in participatory environmental monitoring by Brammer, Jeremy R., Brunet, Nicolas D., Burton, A. Cole, Cuerrier, Alain, Danielsen, Finn, Dewan, Kanwaljeet, Herrmann, Thora Martina, Jackson, Micha V., Kennett, Rod, Larocque, Guillaume, Mulrennan, Monica, Pratihast, Arun Kumar, Saint-Arnaud, Marie, Scott, Colin, Humphries, Murray M.

“…Many argue that monitoring conducted exclusively by scientists is insufficient to address ongoing environmental challenges. One solution entails the use of…”
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Circum‐Arctic distribution of chemical anti‐herbivore compounds suggests biome‐wide trade‐off in defence strategies in Arctic shrubs by Lindén, Elin, te Beest, Mariska, Abreu, Ilka N., Moritz, Thomas, Sundqvist, Maja K., Barrio, Isabel C., Boike, Julia, Bryant, John P., Bråthen, Kari Anne, Buchwal, Agata, Bueno, C. Guillermo, Cuerrier, Alain, Egelkraut, Dagmar D., Forbes, Bruce C., Hallinger, Martin, Heijmans, Monique, Hermanutz, Luise, Hik, David S., Hofgaard, Annika, Holmgren, Milena, Huebner, Diane C., Høye, Toke T., Jónsdóttir, Ingibjörg S., Kaarlejärvi, Elina, Kissler, Emilie, Kumpula, Timo, Limpens, Juul, Myers‐Smith, Isla H., Normand, Signe, Post, Eric, Rocha, Adrian V., Schmidt, Niels Martin, Skarin, Anna, Soininen, Eeva M., Sokolov, Aleksandr, Sokolova, Natalia, Speed, James D. M., Street, Lorna, Tananaev, Nikita, Tremblay, Jean‐Pierre, Urbanowicz, Christine, Watts, David A., Zimmermann, Heike, Olofsson, Johan

“…Spatial variation in plant chemical defence towards herbivores can help us understand variation in herbivore top–down control of shrubs in the Arctic and…”
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