Research Letters

Polyphenolic antioxidant (–)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate from green tea as a candidate anti-HIV agent

Fassina, Gianfranco^a,b; Buffa, Anna^c; Benelli, Roberto^a,c; Varnier, Oliviero E.^d; Noonan, Douglas M.^a; Albini, Adriana^a

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^aIstituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genoa, Italy; ^bCentro di Studio per la Neurofisiologia Cerebrale, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Genoa, Italy; ^cCentro per le Biotecnologie Avanzate, Genoa, Italy; and ^dInstitute of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Genoa, Italy.

Sponsorship: This work was partly supported by ISS grant 3rd Programma Nazionale di Ricerca sull'AIDS.

Received: 10 August 2001;

revised: 30 October 2001; accepted: 14 November 2001.

AIDS 16(6):p 939-941, April 12, 2002.