EGC Encourages Death of Cancer Cells, But Not Healthy Cells
Study description: The effects of the green tea
catechin EGC (epigallocatechin) were tested on healthy cells and on breast cancer
cells (from cancer cell lines MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231).
Type of study: "Test-tube" study
What happened: EGC induced "cell suicide"
(apoptosis) in the breast cancer cells, but not in the healthy cells.
Citation: Vergote D, Cren-Olive C, Chopin
V, et al.
(-)-epigallocatechin (EGC) of green tea induces apoptosis of human
breast cancer cells but not of their normal counterparts. Breast Cancer Research & Treatment 2002;76(3):195-201. (Click here to read PubMed study
abstract.)
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