Inhibitory effect of green and black tea on tumor growth

Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 220, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 229-233

  Conney, A H ^a   Lu, Y P ^a   Lou, Y R ^a   Xie, J G ^a   Huang, M T ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE;

APOPTOSIS; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER INHIBITION; CARCINOGENESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; SKIN TUMOR; TEA; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 0033000077     PISSN: 00379727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1373.1999.d01-39.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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