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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Epigallocatechin Gallate (EGCG): Pharmacological Properties, Biological Activities and Therapeutic Potential.

Lucia Capasso, Luigi De Masi, Carmina Sirignano, Viviana Maresca, Adriana Basile, Angela Nebbioso, Daniela Rigano, Paola Bontempo

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 126 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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126citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

126 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Lucia CapassoDepartment of Precision Medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Via L. De Crecchio 7, 80138 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0678-6329
Luigi De MasiNational Research Council (CNR), Institute of Biosciences and BioResources (IBBR), Via Università 133, 80055 Portici, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0460-7040
Carmina SirignanoDepartment of Pharmacy, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Via Domenico Montesano 49, 80131 Naples, Italy.
Viviana MarescaDepartment of Life Science, Health, and Health Professions, Link Campus University, 00165 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4656-320X
Adriana BasileDepartment of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, 80126 Naples, Italy.
Angela NebbiosoDepartment of Precision Medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Via L. De Crecchio 7, 80138 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5374-3527
Daniela RiganoDepartment of Pharmacy, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Via Domenico Montesano 49, 80131 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9176-8044
Paola BontempoDepartment of Precision Medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Via L. De Crecchio 7, 80138 Naples, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), the predominant catechin in green tea, comprises approximately 50% of its total polyphenol content and has garnered widespread recognition for its significant therapeutic potential. As the principal bioactive component of

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AntioxidantsCatechinAnimalsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsCardiovascular DiseasesHumansNeoplasmsOxidative StressTeaAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAntioxidantsCatechinepigallocatechin gallateTeabiological activityepigallocatechin gallatehuman pathologiespharmacological activitypreventive activity

Identifiers

PMID39942757
PMCPMC11821029

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