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- Title
The green tea polyphenol (-)-epigallocatechin gallate and green tea can protect human cellular DNA from ultraviolet and visible radiation-induced damage.
- Authors
Morley, Nick; Clifford, Tim; Salter, Leo; Campbell, Sandra; Gould, David; Curnow, Alison
- Abstract
Antioxidant compounds in green tea may be able to protect against skin carcinogenesis and it is of interest to investigate the mechanisms involved. A study was therefore conducted to determine whether the isolated green tea polyphenol (-)-epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) could prevent ultraviolet radiation (UVR)-induced DNA damage in cultured human cells. This work was then extended to investigate whether drinking green tea could afford any UVR protection to human peripheral blood cells collected after tea ingestion.
- Publication
Photodermatology, photoimmunology & photomedicine, 2005, Vol 21, Issue 1, p15
- ISSN
0905-4383
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1600-0781.2005.00119.x