Green tea: A boon for periodontal and general health

Journal of Indian Society of Periodontology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 161-167

  Chatterjee, Anirban ^a   Saluja, Mini ^a   Agarwal, Gunjan ^a   Alam, Mahtab ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF DENTAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; catechins; epigallocatechin gallate; green tea

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866683100     PISSN: 0972124X     EISSN: 09751580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-124X.99256     Document Type: Review

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