Wide distribution of [3H](-)-epigallocatechin gallate, a cancer preventive tea polyphenol, in mouse tissue

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1771-1776

  Suganuma, Masami ^b   Okabe, Sachiko ^b   Oniyama, Masumi ^b   Tada, Yukiko ^b   Ito, Hideyuki ^a   Fujiki, Hirota ^b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DRUG METABOLITE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; POLYPHENOL; TRITIUM; CATECHIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BLADDER; BONE; BRAIN; CANCER PREVENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG FECES LEVEL; DRUG LIVER LEVEL; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; DRUG URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTRAGASTRIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY; LUNG; MALE; MAMMARY GLAND; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; TEA; TESTIS; URINALYSIS; UTERUS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FECES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CATECHIN; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; TEA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRITIUM;

EID: 0031595920     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/19.10.1771     Document Type: Article

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