(—)-Epigallocatechin-3-Gallate in Camellia sinensis Leaves From Himalayan Region of Sikkim: Inhibitory Effects Against Biochemical Events and Tumor Initiation in Sencar Mouse Skin

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 73-83

  Katiyar, Santosh K ^a   Agarwal, Rajesh ^a   Wang, Zhi Y ^a   Mukhtar, Hasan ^a   Bhatia, Ashok K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; NORDIHYDROGUAIARETIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; QUERCETIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANIMAL; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENTS; CATECHIN; DNA; ENZYME INDUCTION; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NORDIHYDROGUAIARETIC ACID; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; SIKKIM; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TEA; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE; TRITIUM;

EID: 0026644545     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: 15327914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01635589209514207     Document Type: Article

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