Anti-invasive effects of green tea polyphenol epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), A natural inhibitor of metallo and serine proteases

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 383, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 101-105

  Benelli, Roberto ^a   Venè, Roberta ^a   Bisacchi, Davide ^a   Garbisa, Spiridione ^a   Albini, Adriana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidant response elements (ARE); Flavonoids; Metalloproteinase (MMP); Tumor invasion; Urokinase (uPa)

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; METALLOPROTEINASE INHIBITOR; POLYPHENOL; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; THEAFLAVIN; CATECHIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; METALLOPROTEINASE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYMER;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER INVASION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COLON CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; HUMAN; REVIEW; TEA;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

CATECHIN; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PHENOLS; POLYMERS; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; TEA;

EID: 0036005963     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2002.010     Document Type: Short Survey

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