Suppression of extracellular signals and cell proliferation by the black tea polyphenol, theaflavin-3,3'-digallate

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 733-736

  Liang, Yu Chih ^a   Chen, Yen Chou ^a   Lin, Yu Li ^a   Lin Shiau, Shoei Yn ^a   Ho, Chi Tang ^b   Lin, Jen Kun ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMITOTIC AGENT; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GALLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; POLYPHENOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEA;

EID: 0032993095     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/20.4.733     Document Type: Article

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