Green Tea Polyphenols Inhibit Multiplication of
Breast Cancer Cells
Study description: Green tea polyphenols and the
green tea catechin EGCg (epigallocatechin gallate) were applied to human breast
cancer cells (MDA-MB-231 cells) in the lab.
Type of study: "Test-tube" study
What happened: Both green tea polyphenols and
EGCg inhibited the proliferation (multiplication) of human breast cancer cells
and stimulated apoptosis (cell "suicide").
Citation: Thangapazham RL, Singh AK, Sharma
A, et al. Green tea polyphenols and its constituent epigallocatechin gallate
inhibits proliferation of human breast cancer cells in vitro and in vivo. Cancer Letters 2007;245(1-2):232-41. (Click here to read PubMed study
abstract.)
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