Here is something I just found someone may be interested in.
The Biochemistry of Green Tea Polyphenols and
Their Potential Application in Human Skin Cancer
by Dennis Picard, ND (Candidate '96)
ABSTRACT
Green tea contains many polyphenol substances with exceptional
antioxidant activity, and is consumed widely throughout the world. Green
tea aqueous extract and its polyphenols, of which epigallocatechin
gallate
(EGCG) predominates, have been studied extensively in animal models for
their anti-neoplastic properties. EGCG and green tea polyphenols (GTP)
have been shown to inhibit skin tumor initiation, promotion, and
progression by a number of mechanisms, including, but not limited to:
inhibition of DNA binding by carcinogens, radical scavenging, inhibition
of
cytochrome P-450, maintenance of cellular communication, and inhibition
of arachidonic acid metabolism. It is evident that the consumption of
green
tea is beneficial in the prevention of cancer in these models; however,
the
question remains whether use of oral or topical green tea preparations
will
have a preventative effect on human skin cancers, and should be
answered by well-designed human clinical and epidemiological studies.
(Alt Med Rev 1996;1:31-42)
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