Green Tea Helps Kill Oral Cancer Cells

Green tea consists of a polyphenol, epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), which may help kill oral cancer cells, without touching the healthy cells, according to researchers at Penn State. researchers found that EGCG may trigger a process in the mitochondria that leads to cell death. Researchers studied normal human oral cells along with human oral cancer cells to determine how EGCG was affecting cancer cells differently than normal cells. They grew the normal and ...