Inhibitory effect of six green tea catechins and caffeine on the growth of four selected human tumor cell lines

Anti-Cancer Drugs

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 461-468

  Valcic, Susanne ^b   Timmermann, Barbara N ^b   Alberts, David S ^a   Wächter, Gerald A ^b   Krutzsch, Mary ^a   Wymer, Julie ^a   Guillén, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Camellia sinensis; Catechins; Green tea components; Growth inhibitory activity; Human tumor cell lines; Isolation.

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CAMELLIA SINENSIS EXTRACT; CATECHIN; EPICATECHIN; EPICATECHIN GALLATE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GALLOCATECHIN; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; COLON CARCINOMA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG CARCINOMA; MELANOMA; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL LINE;

CAFFEINE; CATECHIN; CELL DIVISION; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PLANT EXTRACTS; TEA; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0029934117     PISSN: 09594973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001813-199606000-00011     Document Type: Article

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