Prevention of skin cancer by green tea: Past, present and future

Cancer Biology and Therapy

Volumn 8, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1288-1291

  Siddiqui, Imtiaz A ^a   Tarapore, Rohinton S ^a   Mukhtar, Hasan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

BTP; Chemoprevention; GTP; Skin cancer; Tea

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BLACK TEA EXTRACT; CALCIUM; CARCINOGEN; CASPASE 3; CATECHIN; DNA; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FOLIC ACID; GENISTEIN; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NITRIC OXIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POLYPHENOL; SELENIUM;

APOPTOSIS; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INHIBITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MELANOMA; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SKIN PAPILLOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUNBURN; TREATMENT FAILURE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 68149149786     PISSN: 15384047     EISSN: 15558576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cbt.8.13.9022     Document Type: Note

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