Inhibition of eleven mutagens by various tea extracts, (-)epigallocatechin-3-gallate, gallic acid and caffeine

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 569-579

  Hour, Tzyh Chyuan ^a   Liang, Yu Chih ^a   Chu, Iou Sen ^a   Lin, Jen Kun ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alkylating agent; Ames test; EGCG; MNNG; Mutagenicity

Indexed keywords

4 NITROQUINOLINE 1 OXIDE; AFLATOXIN B1; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENT; CAFFEINE; CAPTAN; ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGEN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FOLPET; GALLIC ACID; METHYLNITRONITROSOGUANIDINE; MUTAGENIC AGENT; N (2 FLUORENYL)ACETAMIDE;

AMES TEST; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FERMENTATION; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TEA;

ANIMALS; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENTS; CAFFEINE; CATECHIN; DRUG INTERACTIONS; GALLIC ACID; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TEA;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 0032821789     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(99)00031-9     Document Type: Article

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