Can green tea do that? A literature review of the clinical evidence

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 83-87

  Clement, Yuri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Cardiovascular; Catechins; Chemoprevention; Epigallocatechin 3 gallate; Green tea

Indexed keywords

CATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FLAVONOID; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYPHENOL;

ADVANCED CANCER; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVENTION STUDY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG CANCER; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; STOMACH CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE; TEA; TREATMENT DURATION;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PHYTOTHERAPY; RISK FACTORS; TEA;

EID: 70349272189     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.05.005     Document Type: Review

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