Cancer prevention by tea: Evidence from laboratory studies

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 113-122

  Yang, Chung S ^a   Wang, Hong ^a   Li, Guang Xun ^a   Yang, Zhihong ^a   Guan, Fei ^a   Jin, Huanyu ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models; Cancer prevention; Mechanisms; Tea

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; ATORVASTATIN; CAFFEINE; CATECHIN; EPICATECHIN; EPICATECHIN GALLATE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; MICRORNA; POLYPHENOL; POLYPHENON E; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; THEAFLAVIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2;

ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; BINDING AFFINITY; BLADDER CANCER; BLADDER CARCINOGENESIS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER PREVENTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG URINE LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; STOMACH CARCINOGENESIS; TEA;

ANIMALS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; TEA;

EID: 79959556771     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: 10961186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2011.03.001     Document Type: Review

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