The effect of epigallocatechin galleate and sarcophytol A on DNA strand breakage induced by tobacco-specific nitrosamines and stimulated human phagocytes

Journal of Experimental and Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 433-437

  Weitberg, A B ^a,b   Corvese, D ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROGER WILLIAMS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA strand breaks; Green tea; Sarcophytol A; Tobacco specific nitrosamines

Indexed keywords

EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; NITROSAMINE; OXYGEN RADICAL; SARCOPHYTOL A;

ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FETUS; GENETIC DAMAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEA; TOBACCO;

ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; CATECHIN; CELLS, CULTURED; DITERPENES; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LUNG; NITROSAMINES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHAGOCYTES; PLANTS, TOXIC; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SUPEROXIDES; TEA; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE; TOBACCO;

EID: 0032737180     PISSN: 03929078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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