A combination of (+)-catechin and (−)-epicatechin underlies the in vitro adipogenic action of Labrador tea (Rhododendron groenlandicum), an antidiabetic medicinal plant of the Eastern James Bay Cree pharmacopeia

Hoda Eid , Meriem Ouchfoun , Ammar Saleem , Jose Guerrero-Analco , Brendan Walshe-Roussel , Lina Musallam , Michel Rapinski (1) , Alain Cuerrier , Louis Martineau , John Arnason , Pierre Haddad

1 IRBV - Institut de Recherches en Biologie Végétale [Montréal]

Mots clés: Aboriginal traditional medicine; Adipogenesis; Bioassay-guided fractionation; Labrador tea; 3T3-L1 adipocytes

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

Hoda Eid, Meriem Ouchfoun, Ammar Saleem, Jose Guerrero-Analco, Brendan Walshe-Roussel, et al.. A combination of (+)-catechin and (−)-epicatechin underlies the in vitro adipogenic action of Labrador tea (Rhododendron groenlandicum), an antidiabetic medicinal plant of the Eastern James Bay Cree pharmacopeia. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2016, 178, pp.251-257. ⟨10.1016/j.jep.2015.12.021⟩. ⟨mnhn-03988561⟩