Phytochemical Comparison of the Water and Ethanol Leaf Extracts of the Cree medicinal plant, Sarracenia purpurea L. (Sarraceniaceae)

• Main Authors: Carolina Cieniak (Author), Brendan Walshe-Roussel (Author), Rui Liu (Author), Asim Muhammad (Author), Ammar Saleem (Author), Pierre S Haddad (Author), Alain Cuerrier (Author), Brian C Foster (Author), John T Arnason (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Purpose: 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 plant is used as a decoction (boiling water extract) of the leaf, however, in order to study the extract in a laboratory setting, an 8...