Article
Progress in studies on the antimutagenicity and anticarcinogenicity of green tea epicatechins.
Chinese medical sciences journal = Chung-kuo i hsueh k'o hsueh tsa chih - 1 Dec 1991
Cheng S, Ding L, Zhen Y, Lin P, Zhu Y, Chen Y, Hu X
Abstract excerpt
An antioxidative fraction was extracted from green tea and the major compounds in the fraction identified as epicatechins. Experimental results showed that green tea epicatechin compounds (GTEC) inhibited the mutagenicity and/or chromosomal damage caused by different carcinogens in both bacterial...
Topics
- Animals
- Catechin
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
- Free Radical Scavengers
- Mutation
- Tea
