Green Tea Polyphenol Epigallocatechin-3-gallate Protects Cells against Peroxynitrite-Induced Cytotoxicity: Modulatory Effect of Cellular G6PD Status

The green tea polyphenol, epigallocatech

The green tea polyphenol, epigallocatechin-3-gallate, protects against the oxidative cellular and genotoxic damage of UVA radiation

✍ Simon E. Tobi; Mileka Gilbert; Nigel Paul; Trevor J. McMillan 📂 Article 📅 2002 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 French ⚖ 127 KB 👁 1 views

## Abstract A number of biological activities have been ascribed to the major green tea polyphenol epigallocatechin‐3‐gallate (EGCG) to explain its chemopreventive properties. Its antioxidant properties emerge as a potentially important mode of action. We have examined the effect of EGCG treatment