Mechanism of cancer chemopreventive activity of green tea

Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 220, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 234-238

  Mukhtar, Hasan ^a   Ahmad, Nihal ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXORUBICIN; EPICATECHIN GALLATE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; UROKINASE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PREVENTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME INHIBITION; FOOD INTAKE; MITOSIS INHIBITION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TEA; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR PROMOTION;

EID: 0032994528     PISSN: 00379727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1373.1999.d01-40.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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