Green tea catechin and green tea extract are now recognized as non-toxic cancer preventives for humans. We first review our brief historical development of green tea cancer prevention. Based on exciting evidence that green tea catechin, (-)-epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) in drinking water inhibited lung metastasis of B16 melanoma cells, we and other researchers have studied the inhibitory mech...

the green lacewing chrysoperla carnea (stephens) (neuroptera: chrysopidae) is one of the important natural enemies of pest insects. present study conducted to evaluate the side effects of some plant extracts, calotropis procera (willd.) r. br. (asclepiadaceae), fumaria parviflora lam. (fumariaceae), eucalyptus spp. (myrtaceae) and pesticide amitraz on biological parameters of the second instar ...

BACKGROUND Both clinical and preclinical studies revealed that regular intake of green tea reduced the prevalence of depressive symptoms, as well as produced antidepressant-like effects in rodents. Evidence proposed that disturbed reward learning has been associated with the development of anhedonia, a core symptom of depression. However, the relationship between green tea and reward learning i...

in order to investigate the effect of different cover crops on density and diversity of weeds, the researcher carried out an experiment in randomized complete block design with seven treatments and three replications for two years (2009-2010) in iran citrus research institute. treatments included planting four cover crops of legumes such as clover (trifolium alexandrinum l.), green bean (phaseo...