Green tea constituent epigallocatechin-3-gallate and induction of apoptosis and cell cycle arrest in human carcinoma cells

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 89, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 1881-1886

  Ahmad, Nihal ^a   Feyes, Denise K ^a   Nieminen, Anna Liisa ^a   Agarwal, Rajesh ^a   Mukhtar, Hasan ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DEGRADATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; TEA;

EID: 0031444312     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/89.24.1881     Document Type: Article

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