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

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

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...

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Main Authors: Angela J Yoon, Jing Shen, Regina M Santella, Elizabeth M Philipone, Hui-Chen Wu, Sidney B Eisig, Andrew Blitzer, Lanny G Close, David J Zegarelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Journal of Orofacial Sciences
Subjects:
(−)-Epigallocatechin-3-gallate, feasibility trial, oral field cancerization, topical chemopreventive agent
Online Access:http://www.jofs.in/article.asp?issn=0975-8844;year=2012;volume=4;issue=1;spage=43;epage=50;aulast=Yoon

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