 Catechin
"Catechin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An antioxidant flavonoid, occurring especially in woody plants as both (+)-catechin and (-)-epicatechin (cis) forms.
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D002392
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.438.150.240.190 D03.438.150.266.450.206 D03.830.219.240.190 D03.830.219.266.450.206
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| Concept/Terms |
Catechin- Catechin
- (+)-Cyanidanol
- Cianidanol
- Catechinic Acid
- Acid, Catechinic
- Catechuic Acid
- Acid, Catechuic
- (+)-Catechin
- 3,3',4',5,7-Flavanpentol
Epicatechin- Epicatechin
- 2H-1-Benzopyran-3,5,7-triol, 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-3,4-dihydro-, (2R-cis)-
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Catechin" by people in Profiles.
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Du GJ, Zhang Z, Wen XD, Yu C, Calway T, Yuan CS, Wang CZ. Epigallocatechin Gallate (EGCG) is the most effective cancer chemopreventive polyphenol in green tea. Nutrients. 2012 Nov 08; 4(11):1679-91.
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Du GJ, Wang CZ, Qi LW, Zhang ZY, Calway T, He TC, Du W, Yuan CS. The synergistic apoptotic interaction of panaxadiol and epigallocatechin gallate in human colorectal cancer cells. Phytother Res. 2013 Feb; 27(2):272-7.
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Leong H, Mathur PS, Greene GL. Green tea catechins inhibit angiogenesis through suppression of STAT3 activation. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2009 Oct; 117(3):505-15.
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Burckhardt IC, Gozal D, Dayyat E, Cheng Y, Li RC, Goldbart AD, Row BW. Green tea catechin polyphenols attenuate behavioral and oxidative responses to intermittent hypoxia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2008 May 15; 177(10):1135-41.
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Mirkov S, Komoroski BJ, RamÃrez J, Graber AY, Ratain MJ, Strom SC, Innocenti F. Effects of green tea compounds on irinotecan metabolism. Drug Metab Dispos. 2007 Feb; 35(2):228-33.
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Ito K, Kajikawa S, Aisuke N, Hanada T, Doi K. Antioxidants suppress nitrofurazone-induced proliferation of hepatocytes. Exp Toxicol Pathol. 2003 Nov; 55(4):247-50.
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Pan CY, Kao YH, Fox AP. Enhancement of inward Ca(2+) currents in bovine chromaffin cells by green tea polyphenol extracts. Neurochem Int. 2002 Feb; 40(2):131-7.
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