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Genotoxicity and toxicity of the potential cancer‐preventive agent polyphenon E
1 Jan 2003
Abstract excerpt
The potential health benefits of green tea continue to attract public and scientific interests and are attributed in part to polyphenolic catechin constituents. Polyphenon E (Poly E) is a decaffeinated green tea catechin mixture containing about 50% epigallocatechin gallate and 30% other catechins. We evaluated the toxicity and genotoxicity of Poly E by using two in vitro assays: bacterial mutagenesis in a...
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