Dual function of (-)-epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) in healthy human lymphocytes

Cancer Letters

Volumn 241, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 250-255

  Kanadzu, Masaki ^a   Lu, Yuquan ^a   Morimoto, Kanehisa ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

( ) Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG); DNA strand breakage; Polyphenol; Single cell gel electrophoresis (SCG) Anti oxidative

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLEOMYCIN; CATECHIN; DNA DAMAGE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; OXIDANTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 33746703181     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2005.10.021     Document Type: Article

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