Methods for Synthesizing the Cocoa-Derived Oligomeric Epi-Catechins - Observations on the Anticancer Activity of the Cocoa Polyphenols

Recent Advances in Polyphenol Research

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 88-112

  Kozikowski, Alan P ^a   Tückmantel, Werner ^b  

^a Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy ^*  (United States)

^b PSYCHOGENICS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICANCER ACTIVITIES; POLYPHENOLS;

EID: 84889498335     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444302400.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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