Prooxidant property of green tea polyphenols epicatechin and epigallocatechin-3-gallate: Implications for anticancer properties

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 555-561

  Azam, S ^a   Hadi, N ^a   Khan, N U ^a   Hadi, S M ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Cu(II) binding; DNA cleavage; Green tea catechins; Prooxidant

Indexed keywords

COPPER; EPICATECHIN; EPICATECHIN 3 GALLATE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FLAVONOID; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; HYDROXYL RADICAL; METAL ION; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; SUPEROXIDE; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TRANSITION ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA DEGRADATION; OXIDATION; POLYMERIZATION; TEA; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATECHIN; CATTLE; CHEMOPREVENTION; COPPER; DNA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TEA;

EID: 3142536557     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2003.12.012     Document Type: Article

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