Author(s)

Nabanita Bhattacharyya¹, Subhajit Mondal¹, Shuvojit Moulik¹, Sathi Paul¹, Shreoshi Bhattacharrya¹, Alok Kumar Hazra¹, Md. Nasim Ali², Anjan Adhikari³, Amitava Chatterjee^1*

¹Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University, IRDM, Kolkata, India.
²B.C.K.V, Kalyani, India.
³R.G. Kar Medical College, Kolkata, India.

Tea is one of the most widely consumed beverages in the world. Black tea, obtained from the leaves of Camellia sinensis is the preferred beverage in India and in most western countries. Epidemiological studies on black tea and cancer are limited. However, preliminary studies indicate a positive correlation between black tea consumption and a lower incidence of breast and ovarian cancer. In the present communication, we wanted to see the effect of black tea extract and the polyphenol theaflavin on cell-ECM interaction, MMP activity etc. to strengthen the anti-cancer effect of black tea.

Black Tea, Polyphenol, MMP, ECM, Cancer

Bhattacharyya, N. , Mondal, S. , Moulik, S. , Paul, S. , Bhattacharrya, S. , Hazra, A. , Ali, M. , Adhikari, A. and Chatterjee, A. (2017) Effect of Black Tea Polyphenol on Cell-ECM Interaction and MMP. American Journal of Plant Sciences, 8, 856-866. doi: 10.4236/ajps.2017.84058.