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EGCG

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EGCGEpigallocatechin Gallate (antioxidant in green tea)


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The team showed that although high-dose exposures of EGCG inhibited cell growth, low doses stimulated cell proliferation.
Counterintuitive toxicity: increasingly, scientists are finding that ... by Raloff, Janet / Science News
So far, animals given carcinogens and green tea--or EGCG in water--have developed fewer tumors of the skin, lung, esophagus, forestomach, small intestine, colon, liver, pancreas, and breast.
Tea for 250 million? by Liebman, Bonnie / Nutrition Action Healthletter
The team in Japan found six compounds similar to EGCG strength in defusing dioxin--three slightly more potent and the others slightly less potent.
Green tea takes on poison by Science News
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