Green tea polyphenols and cancer: Biologic mechanisms and practical implications

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 78-83

  Ahmad, Nihal ^a   Mukhtar, Hasan ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPHENOL; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE;

CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; DIETARY INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; REVIEW; TEA; VEGETABLE;

EID: 0032945173     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1999.tb06927.x     Document Type: Review

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