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Green tea polyphenol (−)‐epigallocatechin‐3‐gallate inhibits cyclooxygenase‐2 expression in colon carcinogenesis
28 Feb 2006
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Tea, one of the most widely consumed beverages worldwide, has been shown to have anti-cancer activity in various cancers including colon cancer. It has been demonstrated that overexpression of the inducible isoform of cyclooxygenase (COX-2) occurs during colon tumorigenesis and inhibition of COX-2 by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is chemopreventive. To determine whether the anti-cancer effect...
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