Green tea extract EGCG and cancer chemoprevention

Naturally occurring anti-cancer compounds

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"We were in Japan once where they had 30 kinds of green tea. I thought there was one." Billy Corgan

EGCG, also known as epigallocatechin-3-gallate, is the main polyphenol in green tea (Camellia sinensis). In particular, it is found in a high concentration in the dried leaves of green tea (7380 mg per 100 g), white tea (4245 mg per 100 g) …