Green Tea Monograph, McKenna, Hughes & Jones, Alt. Ther. May 2000; Vol. 6, No. 3: 61-84.

 

Green Tea Extract and (-)-Epigallocatechin-3-gallate, the Major Tea Catechin, Exert Oxidant but Lack Antioxidant Activites, Elbling, Weiss, Teufelhofer, et al., FASEB J. 2005; 19 (7): 807-809.

 

Prospective Cohort Study of Green Tea Consumption and Colorectal Cancer Risk in Women, Yang, Shu, Li. Et al., Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev. 2007; 16 (6): 1219-1223.

 

Green Tea (Camellia sinensis) Extract Does Not Alter Cytochrome P450 3A4 or 2D6 Activity in Healthy Volunteers, Donovan, Chavin & Devane  Drug. Metab. Dispos. 2004; 32: 906-908.

 

Efficacies of Tea Components on Doxorubicin-induced Anti-tumor Activity and Reversal of Multi-drug  Resistance, Sadzuka, Sugiyama & Sonobe, Toxicol. Letters 2000; 114: 155-162.

 

Green Tea Inhibits VEGF Induction in Human Breast Cancer Cells, Sartippour, Shao, Heber, et al, J. Nutr. 2002; 132: 2307-2311.

 

The Effects of Green Tea Consumption on Incidence of Breast Cancer and Recurrence of Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, Seely, Mills, Wu P, et al.,  Integr. Cancer Ther. 2005; 4 (2): 144-155.

 

Green Tea Catechins Inhibit VEGF-induced Angiogenesis in vitro Through Suppression of VE-Cadherin Phosphorylation & Inactivation of Akt Molecule,  Tang, Nguyen & Meydani, Int. J. Cancer 2003; 106: 871-878.

 

Epigallocatechin-3-gallate Inhibits Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Signalling Pathway. Evidence for Direct Inhibition of ERK1/2 and AKT Kinases, Sah, Balasubramanian, Eckert & Rorke, J. Biol. Chem. 2004; 279 (13): 12755 – 12762.

 

Green Tea Appears to Protect Against Breast Cancer, Wu, Int. J. Cancer 2003; 106: 574-579.

 

Green Tea Component Destroys Leukemia Cells, Kay, Blood Mar.2, 2004 On-line edition.

 

Green Tea Catechins Containing a Galloyl Group in the 3' Position Inhibit Tissue Factor-Induced Thrombin Generation, Stampfuss, Schror & Weber, Thromb. Haemost. 2005; 93 (6): 1200-1201.

 

Green Tea Epigallocatechin-3-gallate Inhibits Platelet Signalling Pathways Triggered by Both Proteolytic and Non-proteolytic Agonists, Deana, Turetta, Donella-Deana, et al., Thromb Haemost. 2003; 89 (5): 866-874.

 

Tea Polyphenols, Their Biological Effects and Potential Molecular Targets, Chen, Milacic, Chen, et al., Histol. Histopathol. 2008; 23 (4): 487-496.

 

Clinical Effects of Oral Green Tea Extracts in Four Patients with Low Grade B-cell Malignancies, Shanafelt, Lee, Call, et al., Leuk. Res. 2006; 30: 707-712.

 

Green Tea Polyphenols and Cancer Chemoprevention: Multiple Mechanisms and Endpoints for Phase II Trials,  Moyers & Kumar,  Nutr. Rev.  2004; Vol. 62 No. 5: 204-211.

 

Pigments in Green Tea Leaves (Camellia sinensis) Suppress Transformation of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Induced by Dioxin, Fukada, Sakane, Yabushita, et al.,J. Agric. Food Chem. 2004; 52 (9): 2499-2506.

 

Clinical Effects of Oral Green Tea Extracts in Four Patients with Low Grade B-cell Malignancies, Shanafelt, Lee, Call, et al., Leuk. Res. 2006; 30 (6): 707-712.

 

Anti-oxidants from Green Tea and Pomegranate for Chemoprevention of Prostate Cancer, Adhami and Mukhtar, Biotechnol. 2007; 37 (1): 52-57.

 

Inhibition of Aromatase Activity by Green Tea Extract Catechins and Their Endocrinological Effects of Oral Administration in Rats, Satoh, Sakamoto, Ogata, et al., Food Chem. Toxicol. 2002; 40 (7): 925-933.

 

Structure-Activity Relationships for Inhibition of Human 5-alpha-reductases by Polyphenols, Hiipkka, Zhang, Dai, et al., Biochem. Pharmacol. 2002; 63 (6): 1165-1176.  (green tea)

 

Selective Inhibition of Steroid 5-alpha-reductase Isozymes by Tea Epicatechin-3-gallate and Epigallocatechin-3-gallate, Liao & Hipakka, Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun.  1995; 214 (3): 833-838.

 

The Antifolate Activity of Tea Catechins, Navarro-peran, Cabezas-Herrera, Garcia-Canovas, et al., Cancer Res. 2005; 65 (6): 2059-2064.

 

Effects of Aqueous Green Tea Extract on Activities of DNA Turn-over Enzymes n Cancerous and Non-cancerous Human Gastric and Colon Tissues, Ergruder, Namusui, Sozener, et al., Altern. Ther. Health Med.  2008; 14 (3): 30-33.

 

Interactions Affecting the Bioavailability of Dietary Polyphenols in vivo, Scholz & Williamson, Int. J. Vitam. Nutr. Res. 2007; 77 (3): 224-235.

 

Green Tea Extracts for the Prevention of Metachronous Colorectal Adenomas: A Pilot Study, Shimizu, Fukutomi, et al., Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev. 2008; 17 (11): 3020-3025.

 

Essential Role of Caspases in Epigallocatechin-3-gallate-mediated Inhibition of Nuclear Factor kappa B and Induction of Apoptosis, Gupta, et al., Oncogene 2004; 23 (14): 2507-2522.

 

Epigallocatechin-3-gallate is a Potent Natural Inhibitor of Fatty Acid Synthase in Intact Cells and Selectively Induces Apoptosis in Prostate Cancer Cells, Brusselmans, De Schrijver, Heyns, et al., Int. J. Cancer 2003; 106 (6): 856-862.  

 

Prostate Carcinoma and Green Tea: PSA-triggered Basement Membrane Degradation and MMP-2 Activation are Inhibited by (-) Epigallocatechin-3-gallate, Pezzato, Sartor, Dell’Aica, et al., Int. J. Cancer 2004; 112 (5): 787-792.

 

EGCG Inhibits Activation of HER3 and Expression of Cyclooxygenase-2 in Human Colon Cancer Cells, Shimizu, Deguchi , Joe, et al., J. Exp. Ther. Oncol. 2005; 5 (1): 69-78.

 

Epigallocatechin-3-gallate Inhibits Activation of HER-2/neu and Downstream Signaling Pathways in Human Head and Neck and Breast Carcinoma Cells, Masuda, Suzui, Lim & Weinstein, Clin. Cancer Res. 2003; 9 (9): 3486-3491.

 

Role of p53 and NF-kappaB in Epigallocatechin-3-gallate-induced Apoptosis of LNCaP Cells, Hastak, Gupta, Ahmad, et al., Oncogene 2003; 22 (31): 4851-4859.

 

Green Tea Constituent (-)-Epigallocatechin-3-gallate Inhibits Hep G2 Cell Proliferation and Induces Apoptosis Through p53-dependent and Fas-mediated Pathways, Kuo & Lin, J. Biomed. Sci. 2003;10 (2):219-227.

 

Combined Effect of Green Tea and Ganoderma lucidum on Invasive Behaviour of Breast Cancer Cells, Thyagarajan, Zhu & Sliva, Int. J. Oncol. 2007; 30 (4): 963-969.

 

The Tea Polyphenol, (-)-Epigallocatechin Gallate Effects on Growth, Apoptosis, and Telomerase Activity in Cervical Cell Lines, Yokoyama, Noguchi, Nakao, et al., Gynecol. Oncol. 2004; 92 (1): 197-204.

 

EGCG Down-regulates Telomerase in Human Breast Carcinoma MCF-7 Cells, Leading to Suppression of Cell Viability and Induction of Apoptosis, Mittal, Pate, Wylie, et al., Int. J. Oncol. 2004; 24 (3): 703-710.

 

Matrix Metalloproteinases in Cancer Metastasis: Molecular Targets for Prostate Cancer Prevention by Green Tea Polyphenols and Grape Seed Proanthocyanidins, Katiyar, Endocr. Metabol. Immune Disord. Drug Targets,2006; 6 (1): 17-24.

 

Anti-cancer Activity of Grape and Grape Skin Extracts Alone and Combined with Green Tea Infusions, Morré & Morré, Cancer Lett. 2006; 238 (2): 202-209.

 

Green Tea Polyphenol Causes Differential Oxidative Environments in Tumor versus Normal Epithelial Cells,Yamamoto, Hsu, Lewis, et al., J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 2003; 307 (1): 230-236.

 

EGCG Inhibits Growth, Invasion, Angiogenesis and Metastasis of Pancreatic Cancer, Shankar, Ganapathy, Hingorani & Srivastava, Front. Biosci. 2008; 13: 440-452.

 

(-)-Epigallocatechin Gallate Inhibits Membrane-type 1 Matrix Metalloproteinase, MT1-MMP, and Tumor Angiogenesis, Yamakawa, Asai, Uchida, et al., Cancer Lett. 2004; 210 (1): 47-55.

 

Combined Effect of Green Tea and Ganoderma lucidum on Invasive Behaviour of Breast Cancer Cells, Thyagarajan, Zhu & Silva, Int. J. Oncol. 2007; 30 (4): 963-969.

 

Dietary Intakes of Mushrooms and Green Tea Combine to Reduce the Risk of Breast Cancer in Chinese Women, Zhng, Huang, Xie & Holman, Int. J. Cancer  2009; 1246: 1404-1408.