Antimutagenic and anticarcinogenic activity of tea polyphenols

Mutation Research - Reviews in Mutation Research

Volumn 436, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-97

  Kuroda, Yukiaki ^a,b   Hara, Yukihiko ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^b F ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Anticarcinogenesis; Antimutagenesis; Black tea; Catechin; Green tea; Tea polyphenol; Theaflavin

Indexed keywords

ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CATECHIN; EPICATECHIN; EPICATECHIN GALLATE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GALLIC ACID; GALLOCATECHIN; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; TANNIN;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; DNA REPLICATION; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; METASTASIS; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; TEA;

ANIMALIA; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0032901351     PISSN: 13835742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5742(98)00019-2     Document Type: Article

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