Green tea catechin, epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG): Mechanisms, perspectives and clinical applications

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1807-1821

  Singh, Brahma N ^a   Shankar, Sharmila ^a   Srivastava, Rakesh K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cell cycle; Cellular signaling cascades; Chemoprevention; EGCG

Indexed keywords

BETA IONONE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; CATECHIN; CURCUMIN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MICRORNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; NEROLIDOL; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEASOME; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN KINASE B; STAT3 PROTEIN; SURVIVIN; TELOMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; BREAST; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER PREVENTION; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CYCLE ARREST; COLON; COLON CANCER; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA METHYLATION; DRUG SAFETY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; LIVER; LUNG; METASTASIS; MOUTH CANCER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN; SKIN CANCER; STOMACH; TEA; TELOMERE;

EID: 80555123045     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: 18732968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2011.07.093     Document Type: Note

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