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Green Tea Flavonoid Fights Cancer As Well As Drugs

  • March 15, 2005

You probably recall recent blog postings and articles in my eHealthy News You Can Use newsletter about the benefits of green tea to fight bladder cancer and protect transplanted livers -- especially fatty ones -- from damage due to restrictions in blood flow. European researchers have discovered how the flavonoid EGCG (epigallocatechin gallate), naturally present in green tea, prevents cancer cells from growing: By binding to a specific enzyme. Scientists decided to study ECGC after...