Green Tea Catechins and L-Theanine in Integrative Cancer Care: A Review of the Research

Alternative and Complementary Therapies

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 294-298

  Huber, Luke G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CATECHIN; DOXORUBICIN; EPICATECHIN; EPICATECHIN GALLATE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; IDARUBICIN; PIRARUBICIN; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL; THEANINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ASCITES TUMOR; BLADDER CARCINOMA; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER PREVENTION; CARCINOGENESIS; CARDIOTOXICITY; CELL CYCLE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; GROWTH INHIBITION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CANCER; PLANT; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; REVIEW; STOMACH CANCER; STRESS; TEA;

EID: 0346120274     PISSN: 10762809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/107628003322658557     Document Type: Review

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