Anticancer effect of black tea extract in human cancer cell lines

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Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-6

  Koňariková, Katarína ^a   Ježovičová, Miriam ^a   Keresteš, Ján ^b   Gbelcová, Helena ^a   Ďuračková, Zdeňka ^a   Žitňanová, Ingrid ^a  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^b Molecule of Life   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Black tea; Camellia sinensis; Cancer; Protective effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961289723     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40064-015-0871-4     Document Type: Article

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