title: [Advance of chemistry and bioactivities of catechin and its analogues].
abstract: Catechin and its analogues are varied and distributed widely. They have significant bioactivity on clearing free radical, anti-cancer, anti-flammatory, anti-allergic, anti-mutation, anti-aging, improving liver function, and so on. Recently, catechins (GTC) in green tea have given rise to comprehensive attention all over the world, and will have a wonderful prospect. The progress in studies of the structures, spectrum characters, resources and bioactivities of catechin and its analogues has been reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050.
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Ruo-yun
authors.initials: RY
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000494:pharmacology; D002392:Catechin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D002392:Catechin