HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS

GREEN TEA

1. A daily dose of green tea extract capsules (200 mg) for 8 – 12 weeks plus green tea extract ointment effectively treated cervical lesions infected with human papilloma virus.

Eur J Cancer Prev. 2003 Oct;12(5):383-90.  
Protective effects of green tea extracts (polyphenon E and EGCG) on human cervical lesions.
Ahn WS, Yoo J, Huh SW, Kim CK, Lee JM, Namkoong SE, Bae SM, Lee IP.

Cell Study

2. A solution with green tea extract (35 – 100 micromoles killed human papilloma virus cervical cancer cells and had antitumor effects.

DNA Cell Biol. 2003 Mar;22(3):217-24. 
A major constituent of green tea, EGCG, inhibits the growth of a human cervical cancer cell line, CaSki cells, through apoptosis, G(1) arrest, and regulation of gene expression.
Ahn WS, Huh SW, Bae SM, Lee IP, Lee JM, Namkoong SE, Kim CK, Sin JI.