Green tea epigallocatechin gallate shows a pronounced growth inhibitory effect on cancerous cells but not on their normal counterparts

Cancer Letters

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 173-179

  Chen, Zong Ping ^a   Schell, John B ^a   Ho, Chi Tang ^a   Chen, Kuang Yu ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; c Fos; Cell proliferation; EGCG; Gene expression

Indexed keywords

DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ONCOGENE C FOS; ONCOGENE C MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; TEA; VIRUS CELL TRANSFORMATION;

ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CATECHIN; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CELLS, CULTURED; COLON; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, FOS; GENES, MYC; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEOPLASMS; RNA, MESSENGER; TEA; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032547015     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(98)00108-6     Document Type: Article

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