Title : Matrix proteases, green tea, and St. John's wort: biomedical research catches up with folk medicine.

Pub. Date : 2007 May

PMID : 17382921






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1 The first, (-)epigallocatechin-3-gallate - from green tea, has proved a good weapon for inhibiting gelatinases MMP-2 and MMP-9, but an even better inhibitor of leukocyte elastase (LE) activity; in vivo it blocks inflammation, angiogenesis and tumor invasion. epigallocatechin gallate matrix metallopeptidase 9 Homo sapiens