Green Tea - Research

• A combination of tea (Camellia senensis) catechins is required for optimal inhibition of induced CYP1A expression by green tea extract.

• Cancer-preventive effects of drinking green tea among a Japanese population
• Cross sectional study of effects of drinking green tea on cardiovascular and liver diseases
• Chemopreventive effects of green and black tea on pulmonary and hepatic carcinogenesis
• Cross sectional study of effects of drinking green tea on cardiovascular and liver diseases
• Comparative studies on the effects of green tea extracts and individual tea catechins on human CYP1A gene expression.

• Efficacy of a green tea extract rich in catechin polyphenols and caffeine in increasing 24-h energy expenditure and fat oxidation in humans
  
• Epigallocatechin Gallate, a Green Tea Polyphenol, Mediates NO-dependent Vasodilation Using Signaling Pathways in Vascular Endothelium Requiring Reactive Oxygen Species and Fyn*
• EGCG, a green tea polyphenol, improves endothelial function and insulin sensitivity, reduces blood pressure, and protects against myocardial I/R injury in SHR
• Effect of green tea on N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl) nitrosamine-induced urinary bladder carcinogenesis in rats
• Effect of tea polyphenols on glucan synthesis by glucosyltransferase from Streptococcus mutans
• Effects of Green Tea and EGCG on Cardiovascular and Metabolic Health.
• Effects of Green Tea Catechin on Polymorphonuclear Leukocyte 5'-Lipoxygenase Activity, Leukotriene B4 Synthesis, and Renal Damage in Diabetic Rats

• Green and black tea consumption by humans: impact on polyphenol concentrations in feces, blood and urine.
• Green Tea Consumption and Mortality Due to Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer, and All Causes in Japan
• Green tea polyphenol EGCG sensitizes human prostate carcinoma LNCaP cells to TRAIL-mediated apoptosis and synergistically inhibits biomarkers associated with angiogenesis and metastasis
• Green Tea Polyphenol Epigallocatechin-3 Gallate Inhibits Her-2/Neu Signaling, Proliferation, and Transformed Phenotype of Breast Cancer Cells
• Green tea extract inhibits nucleoside transport and potentiates the antitumor effect of antimetabolites.
• Green tea epigallocatechin gallate shows a pronounced growth inhibitory effect on cancerous cells but not on their normal counterparts.
• Green Tea Catechins Inhibit Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor Phosphorylation1
• Green Tea and the Risk of Gastric Cancer in Japan
• Green Tea Consumption and Mortality Due to Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer, and All Causes in Japan.
• Green tea increases anti-inflammatory tristetraprolin and decreases pro-inflammatory tumor necrosis factor mRNA levels in rats
• Green tea extract inhibits angiogenesis of human umbilical vein endothelial cells through reduction of expression of VEGF receptors.
• Green tea extract and (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate inhibit hypoxia- and serum-induced HIF-1alpha protein accumulation and VEGF expression in human cervical carcinoma and hepatoma cells.
• Green tea catechin, epigallocatechin-3-gallate, inhibits vascular endothelial growth factor angiogenic signaling by disrupting the formation of a receptor complex.
• Green tea and its catechins inhibit breast cancer xenografts
• Green tea consumption improves plasma lipid profiles in adults

• Inhibitory effects and toxicity of green tea polyphenols for gastrointestinal carcinogenesis
• Inhibitory effect of six green tea catechins and caffeine on the growth of four selected human tumor cell lines
• Inhibition of tobacco-specific nitrosamine-induced lung tumorigenesis in A/J mice by green tea and its major polyphenol as antioxidants
• Inhibitory effect of green tea (–)-epigallocatechin gallate on resistin gene expression in 3T3-L1 adipocytes depends on the ERK pathway
• Inhibitory effect of (-)-epigallocatechin 3-gallate, a polyphenol of green tea, on neutrophil chemotaxis in vitro and in vivo.
• Inhibition of tumour invasion and angiogenesis by epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), a major component of green tea.
• Inhibition of fibroblast growth factors by green tea

• Natural antimutagenic agents may prolong efficacy of human immunodeficiency virus drug therapy
• Neutrophil restraint by green tea: inhibition of inflammation, associated angiogenesis, and pulmonary fibrosis.

• Oxidation of caffeine and related methylxanthines in ascorbate and polyphenol-driven Fenton-type oxidations.

• Possible contribution of green tea drinking habits to the prevention of stroke
• Protective effect of tea polyphenol on rat myocardial injury induced by isoproterenol
• Prevention of ornithine decarboxylase induction in Ehrlich ascites tumor cells by tea polyphenols.
• Prevention of photocarcinogenesis by topical administration of pure epigallocatechin gallate isolated from green tea
• Prevention of hypertension, cardiovascular damage and endothelial dysfunction with green tea extracts.
• Paradoxical Effects of Green Tea (Camellia Sinensis) and Antioxidant Vitamins in Diabetic Rats
  Improved Retinopathy and Renal Mitochondrial Defects but Deterioration of Collagen Matrix Glycoxidation and Cross-Linking
• Polyphenols as cancer chemopreventive agents
• Pigments in green tea leaves (Camellia sinensis) suppress transformation of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor induced by dioxin.

• The combination of green tea and tamoxifen is effective against breast cancer

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