Induction of apoptosis in human stomach cancer cells by green tea catechins

Oncology Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 527-529

  Hibasami, Hiroshige ^a,c   Komiya, Takashi ^a   Achiwa, Yumiko ^a   Ohnishi, Kazuko ^a   Kojima, Teruko ^a   Nakanishi, Kimiko ^a   Akashi, Keiko ^a   Hara, Yukihiko ^b  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Mitsui Norm Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA fragmentation; Green tea catechins; Programmed cell death (apoptosis); Stomach cancer cells

Indexed keywords

CATECHIN; DNA FRAGMENT; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER PREVENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER; TEA;

EID: 0031936249     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.5.2.527     Document Type: Article

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