Growth inhibition of leukemic cells by (-)-epigallocatechin gallate, the main constituent of green tea

Life Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 1397-1403

  Otsuka, Takeshi ^a   Ogo, Tomonori ^a   Eto, Tetsuya ^a   Asano, Yoshinobu ^b   Suganuma, Masami ^a   Niho, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; EGCG; Leukemic cells

Indexed keywords

EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INHIBITION; FOOD ANALYSIS; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; TEA;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CATECHIN; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA; DNA FRAGMENTATION; GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-3; LEUKEMIA; MICE; TEA; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032508560     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(98)00406-8     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. 1. H. FUIJIKI S. YOSHIZAWA, T. HORIUCHI, M. SUGANUMA, J. YATSUNAMI, S. NISHIWAKI, S. OKABE, R. NISHIWAKI-MATSUSHIMA, T. OKUDA and T. SUGIMURA, Prev Med. 21 503-509 (1992).
2. 2. S. YOSHIZAWA, T. HORIUCHI, M. SUGANUMA, S. NISHIWAKI, J. YATSUNAMI, S. OKABE, T. OKUDA, Y. MUTO, K. FRENKEL, W. TROLL and H. FUJIKI, Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health II, M-T. HUANG, C-T. HO and C.Y. LEE (Eds), 316-325, American Chemical Society, Washington (1992).
3. 3. Y. FUJITA, T. YAMANE, M. TANAKA, K. KUWATA, J. OKUZUMI, T. TAKAHASHI, H. FUJIKI and T. OKUDA, Jpn. J. Cancer Res. 80 503-505 (1989).
4. 4. S. TANIGUCHI, H. FUJIKI, H. KOBAYASHI, H. GO, K. MIYADO, H. SADANO and R. SHIMOKAWA, Cancer Lett 65 51-54 (1992).
5. 5. Y. XU , C-T. HO, SG. AMIN, C. HAN, F-L. CHUNG, Cancer Res. 52 3875-3879 (1992).
6. 6. A. KOMORI, J. YATSUNAMI S. OKABE, S. ABE, K. HARA, M. SUGANUMA, S. KIM and H. FUJIKI, Jpn J Clin Oncol. 23 186-190 (1993).
7. 7. Y. ASANO, S. OKAMURA, T. OGO, T. ETO, T. OTSUKA and Y. NIHO, Life Sciences 60 135-142 (1997).
8. 8. Y. ASANO, T. SHIBUYA S. OKAMURA, S. YAMAGA, T. OTSUKA and Y. NIHO, Cancer Res. 47 5647-5648 (1987).
9. 9. T. MOSMANN, J. Immunol. Methods 65 55-63 (1983).
10. 10. RC. DUKE, R. CHERVENAK and JJ. COHEN, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 80 6361-6365 (1983).
11. 11. T. NAKANO, T. OTSUKA, T. OGO, H. NIIRO, S. KUGA, D. ZIPORI Y. FURUKAWA and Y. NIHO, Exp. Hematol. 211498-1503 (1993).
12. 12. GT. WILLIAMS, CA. SMITH, E. SPOONCER, TM. DEXTER and DR. TAYLOR, Nature (Lond.) 343 76-79 (1990).
13. 13. D. RENNICK, G. YANG, L. GEMMELL and FD. LEE, Blood 69 682-691 (1987).
14. 14. N.I. WALKER, BV. HARMON, GC. GOBE and JFR. KERR, Meth. Achieve. Exp. Pathol. 13 18-54 (1988).