Green tea polyphenols and cancer: Biologic mechanisms and practical implications

Authors
Ahmad, N Mukhtar, H
Citation
N. Ahmad et H. Mukhtar, Green tea polyphenols and cancer: Biologic mechanisms and practical implications, NUTR REV, 57(3), 1999, pp. 78-83
Citations number
41
Categorie Soggetti
Food Science/Nutrition","Endocrinology, Nutrition & Metabolism
Journal title
NUTRITION REVIEWS
ISSN journal
00296643 → ACNP
Volume
57
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
78 - 83
Database
ISI
SICI code
0029-6643(199903)57:3<78:GTPACB>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Polyphenolic compounds in fruits and vegetables have been associated with l ower risk of some diseases, including cancer. Recent research has shown tha t the polyphenolic antioxidants in green tea possess cancer chemopreventive effects. This review discusses the cancer chemopreventive effects associat ed with green tea and the molecular mechanisms that underlie the broad anti carcinogenic effect of polyphenols in green tea.