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Bulletin du Cancer

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 721-724

  L'Allemain, Gilles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Apoptosis; Cancer; EGCG; Epicatechin; Green tea; Inflammation; Oxydation; Telomerase

Indexed keywords

EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; NATURAL PRODUCT; TELOMERASE;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CANCER INHIBITION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TEA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CATECHIN; CELL DIVISION; HUMANS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; TEA;

EID: 0032855517     PISSN: 00074551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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