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Mechanistic Aspects of Green Tea as a Cancer Preventive: Effect of Components on Human Stomach Cancer Cell Lines
1 Jul 1999
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It is now well accepted that (-)-epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) inhibits carcinogenesis in the digestive tract in rodents. To understand the mechanisms of anticarcinogenesis, we first studied growth inhibition by EGCG in human stomach cancer cell lines established at Seoul National University (SNU cell lines). Inhibition by EGCG of [3H]thymidine incorporation into eight SNU cell lines was examined, in relation...
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