Inhibition of green tea catechins against the growth of cancerous human colon and hepatic epithelial cells

Cancer Letters

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 41-44

  Uesato, Shinichi ^a   Kitagawa, Yutaka ^a   Kamishimoto, Masaaki ^a   Kumagai, Ayako ^a   Hori, Hitoshi ^b   Nagasawa, Hideko ^b  

^a KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

( ) Epigallocatechin; ( ) Epigallocatechin gallate; Antitumor effect; Clonogenic assay; Green tea catechin; HCT 116; Hep G2; Human cancer cell line; MTT assay

Indexed keywords

EPICATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INHIBITION; CARCINOMA CELL; COLON; COLON CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG STRUCTURE; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; LIVER CARCINOMA; LIVER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BEVERAGES; CATECHIN; CELL DIVISION; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0035840438     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(01)00571-7     Document Type: Article

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