Topical application of green tea polyphenol (−) epigallocatechin-3-gallate for prevention of recurrent oral neoplastic lesions

• Päätekijät: Angela J Yoon (Tekijä), Jing Shen (Tekijä), Regina M Santella (Tekijä), Elizabeth M Philipone (Tekijä), Hui-Chen Wu (Tekijä), Sidney B Eisig (Tekijä), Andrew Blitzer (Tekijä), Lanny G Close (Tekijä), David J Zegarelli (Tekijä)
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• Julkaistu: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Objective: A preliminary study was conducted to investigate the feasibility of using an oral cancer chemopreventive agent (−)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), the most biologically active component in the green tea extract, in a form of "swish-and-spit" mouthwash. Such application of EGC...