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Green Tea
Compound Blocks Bladder Tumors in Rats
(NY, Reuters Health, 8/13/03)
Dr. J. Karl Kemberling, and colleagues from the Medical
College of Ohio in Toledo, implanted tumor cells into the
bladders of rats and then a half-hour later injected some of
the animals with epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), a
substance found in green tea leaves. All 12 untreated rats
developed tumors within 3 weeks; whereas 18 of the 28 rats in
the EGCG group did not. While past studies of the effect of
green tea on cancer have produced mixed results, the current
experiment suggests that EGCG may inhibit bladder cancer. |
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