Suppressive Effects of Tea Catechins on Breast Cancer

Tea leaf (Camellia sinensis) is rich in catechins, which endow tea with various health benefits. There are more than ten catechin compounds in tea, among which epigallocatechingallate (EGCG) is the most abundant. Epidemiological studies on the association between tea consumption and the risk of brea...

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Main Authors:	Xiang, Li-Ping, Wang, Ao, Ye, Jian-Hui, Zheng, Xin-Qiang, Polito, Curt Anthony, Lu, Jian-Liang, Li, Qing-Sheng, Liang, Yue-Rong
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI 2016
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4997373/

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spelling	pubmed-49973732016-08-26 Suppressive Effects of Tea Catechins on Breast Cancer Xiang, Li-Ping Wang, Ao Ye, Jian-Hui Zheng, Xin-Qiang Polito, Curt Anthony Lu, Jian-Liang Li, Qing-Sheng Liang, Yue-Rong Review Tea leaf (Camellia sinensis) is rich in catechins, which endow tea with various health benefits. There are more than ten catechin compounds in tea, among which epigallocatechingallate (EGCG) is the most abundant. Epidemiological studies on the association between tea consumption and the risk of breast cancer were summarized, and the inhibitory effects of tea catechins on breast cancer, with EGCG as a representative compound, were reviewed in the present paper. The controversial results regarding the role of tea in breast cancer and areas for further study were discussed. MDPI 2016-07-28 /pmc/articles/PMC4997373/ /pubmed/27483305 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu8080458 Text en © 2016 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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author	Xiang, Li-Ping Wang, Ao Ye, Jian-Hui Zheng, Xin-Qiang Polito, Curt Anthony Lu, Jian-Liang Li, Qing-Sheng Liang, Yue-Rong
spellingShingle	Xiang, Li-Ping Wang, Ao Ye, Jian-Hui Zheng, Xin-Qiang Polito, Curt Anthony Lu, Jian-Liang Li, Qing-Sheng Liang, Yue-Rong Suppressive Effects of Tea Catechins on Breast Cancer
author_facet	Xiang, Li-Ping Wang, Ao Ye, Jian-Hui Zheng, Xin-Qiang Polito, Curt Anthony Lu, Jian-Liang Li, Qing-Sheng Liang, Yue-Rong
author_sort	Xiang, Li-Ping
title	Suppressive Effects of Tea Catechins on Breast Cancer
title_short	Suppressive Effects of Tea Catechins on Breast Cancer
title_full	Suppressive Effects of Tea Catechins on Breast Cancer
title_fullStr	Suppressive Effects of Tea Catechins on Breast Cancer
title_full_unstemmed	Suppressive Effects of Tea Catechins on Breast Cancer
title_sort	suppressive effects of tea catechins on breast cancer
description	Tea leaf (Camellia sinensis) is rich in catechins, which endow tea with various health benefits. There are more than ten catechin compounds in tea, among which epigallocatechingallate (EGCG) is the most abundant. Epidemiological studies on the association between tea consumption and the risk of breast cancer were summarized, and the inhibitory effects of tea catechins on breast cancer, with EGCG as a representative compound, were reviewed in the present paper. The controversial results regarding the role of tea in breast cancer and areas for further study were discussed.
publisher	MDPI
publishDate	2016
url	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4997373/
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Suppressive Effects of Tea Catechins on Breast Cancer

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