Chemoprevention
"Green Tea Constituent Epigallocatechin-3-Gallate and Induction of Apoptosis and Cell Cycle Arrest in Human Carcinoma Cells."
Published in Cancer Weekly, February 2nd, 1998
According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Journal of the National Cancer Institute, "Background and Purpose: The polyphenolic compounds present in green tea show cancer chemopreventive effects in many animal tumor models. Epidemiologic studies have also suggested that green tea consumption might be effective in the prevention of certain human cancers. We investigated the effect of green tea polyphenols and the major constituent, epigallocatechin-3-gallate, on the induction of apoptosis (programmed cell death) and regulation of cell cycle in human and mouse carcinoma cells. Methods: Human epidermoid carcinoma cells (cell line A431), human carcinoma...
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Source: Cancer Weekly (1998-02-02)
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