Cutaneous photochemoprotection by green tea: A brief review

Skin Pharmacology and Applied Skin Physiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 69-76

  Ahmad, Nihal ^a   Mukhtar, Hasan ^a  

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

Author keywords

Green tea polyphenols; Skin cancer; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; POLYPHENOL; SUNSCREEN;

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SKIN PROTECTION; SOLAR RADIATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TEA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; HUMANS; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TEA; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0035027182     PISSN: 14222868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000056336     Document Type: Review

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