Green tea constituent (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate inhibits topoisomerase I activity in human colon carcinoma cells

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 288, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 101-105

  Berger, Sosamma J ^a   Gupta, Sanjay ^b   Belfi, Charles A ^a   Gosky, David M ^a   Mukhtar, Hasan ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Colon cancer; Epigallocatechin 3 gallate; Green tea; Topoisomerase

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); DNA TOPOISOMERASE INHIBITOR; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CELL CYCLE; CELL SURVIVAL; COLON CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METABOLISM; DNA STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHIBITION KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEA;

EID: 0035914138     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.5736     Document Type: Article

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