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Chackoetal.ChineseMedicine2010,5:13 /content/5/1/13 REVIEW OpenAccess Beneficialeffectsofgreentea:Aliteraturereview SabuMChacko1*,PriyaTThambi1,RamadasanKuttan2,IkuoNishigaki1 Abstract Thehealthbenefitsofgreenteaforawidevarietyofailments,includingdifferenttypesofcancer,heartdisease, andliverdisease,werereported.Manyofthesebeneficialeffectsofgreenteaarerelatedtoitscatechin,particu- larly(-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate,content.Thereisevidencefrominvitroandanimalstudiesontheunderlying mechanismsofgreenteacatechinsandtheirbiologicalactions.Therearealsohumanstudiesonusinggreentea catechinstotreatm