Inhibitory Effects of Polyphenolic Catechins from Chinese Green Tea on HIV Reverse Transcriptase Activity.
Three polyphenolic catechins, epigallocatechin (1), epicatechin-3-O-gallate (2) and epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate (3), were isolated from Chinese green tea, Ti-Kaun-Yin (Camellia sinensis) and demonstrated as a new class of human immunodeficiency virus-reverse transcriptase (HIV-RT) inhibitor. The concentrations required for 50% inhibition for the compounds (1), (2) and (3) were 7.80, 0.32 and 0.68 &mgr;M, respectively. The polyphenolic catechins with a galloyl group at the 3 position were potent inhibitors of HIV-RT. Kinetic analysis indicated that the polyphenolic catechins were competitive inhibitors with respect to the template-primer (rA)(n)(dT)(12-18) and noncompetitive inhibitors to dTTP. Copyright 1994 S. Karger AG, Basel
Chang
C.W.
CW
Institute of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
Hsu
F.L.
FL
Lin
J.Y.
JY