Adré Pichette

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, 555 boul. de l’Université, Chicoutimi, Québec G7H 2B1, Canada

Publications

• Research Article   
  Study of the Enzymatic and Anti-Inflammatory Activities of Phenolic Extracts of Atriplex halimus L. and Haloxylon scoparium Pomel
  Author(s): Samira Belhadj Tahar*, Mahfoud Hadj-Mahammed, Adré Pichette, Vakhtang Mshvildadze and Mohamed Yousfi
  
  Several of experimental studies and molecular investigations highlight the power of herbs to evidence-based medicine. In Algeria, a number of medicinal plants have been studied for the treatment of diabetes such as Haloxylon scoparium pomel and Atriplex halimus L., growing in arid and subarid areas, known for its hypoglycemic activity and widely used by the local population as remedy to treat diabetes mellitus. Reported to be used for anti-inflammatory. The objective of this review is assessing these plants extracts effect in vitro on the activity of α-amylase to give value to this important traditional medicinal plant as antidiabetic, and evaluate the anti-inflammatory potential. the inhibitory activity of the dichloromethane fraction A. halimus L. of α-amylase has a remarkable inhibition percentage, equal to 61.43% with an IC50 value equal to.. Read More»
  

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