Implications of the mechanisms of action of tea polyphenols as antioxidants in vitro for chemoprevention in humans

Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 220, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 262-266

  Rice Evans, Catherine ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATECHIN; EPICATECHIN; EPICATECHIN GALLATE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; NITRIC OXIDE; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEAMINATION; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; FOOD COMPOSITION; NITRATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TEA;

EID: 0033035855     PISSN: 00379727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1373.1999.d01-45.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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