The anti-tumor mechanism of (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-422X.2012.04.005
- VernacularTitle:表没食子儿茶素没食子酸酯的抗肿瘤机制
- Author:
Li HE
;
Xudong TANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Neoplasms;
Cell proliferation;
Angiogenesis;
Apoptosis;
EGCG
- From:
Journal of International Oncology
2012;39(4):255-259
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
(-)-Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG),a natural medicine with anti-neoplastic activity,significantly prevent cancers via inhibiting tumor cell proliferation,suppressing angiogenesis and promoting apoptosis,etc.Furthermore,the new discoveries about anti-tumor mechanisms of EGCG in digestive system,reproductive system and respiratory system shorten the course of EGCG application in clinical.
