Antioxidant and Pro-Oxidant Activities of Green Tea Polyphenols in Cancer Prevention

Polyphenols in Human Health and Disease

Volumn 2, Issue , 2013, Pages 1191-1198

  Tao, Ling ^a   Lambert, Joshua D ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

( ) epigallocatechin gallate; Antioxidant; Cancer; Green tea polyphenols; Pro oxidant

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902569380     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-398456-2.00090-6     Document Type: Chapter

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