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Chemopreventive activity of very low dose dietary tannic acid administration in hepatoma bearing C3H male mice.
Cancer letters - 1 Jul 1999
Nepka C, Sivridis E, Antonoglou O, Kortsaris A, Georgellis A, Taitzoglou I, Hytiroglou P, Papadimitriou C, Zintzaras I, Kouretas D
Abstract excerpt
Tannins are plant polyphenols comprising a heterogeneous group of compounds. Tannic acid is a common tannin found in tea, coffee, immature fruits, etc. and it has also been used as a food additive. An increasing body of experimental evidence supports the hypothesis that tannins exert anticarcinogenic activity in chemically induced cancers in animal models. In the present study, tannic acid was administered in...
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