Blood and urine levels of tea catechins after ingestion of different amounts of green tea by human volunteers

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 351-354

  Yang, Chung S ^a   Chen, Laishun ^a   Lee, Mao Jung ^a   Balentine, Douglas ^b   Kuo, May Chen ^b   Schantz, Stimson P ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CATECHIN; EPICATECHIN; EPICATECHIN GALLATE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; POLYPHENOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER INHIBITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INGESTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEA; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATECHIN; HUMANS; TEA;

EID: 0031903559     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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